Mindset Presentation Ivy Tech 2012

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Our Students Mindsets

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Mindset Research

Dr. Carol Dweck spent

30 years developing the

theory of mindset.

A mindset is believe a

person has about their

intelligence and

abilities.

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Mindset

This belief is highly

contextual. It changes

from subject to subject

or task to task.

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Mindset

The belief does not

depend on a person

innate intellectual

abilities.

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Growth or Fixed

Dwecks work found that only twobelief system developed inlearners.

Learners either saw theirintelligence as fixed atbirthhence a FixedMindset.

These learners see peopleas being born either smartaverage or below averageand that is just the way it is.

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Growth Mindset

OR

Learners see intelligence

as malleable and

changeable and that aperson never knows how

smart they might

become.

You get smarter your

whole life.

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Students Mindsets

Our students mindsets

begin in middle school.

Students, for the first

time, are confronted

with more difficultacademic tasks.

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Students Mindsets

Students begin to see

clear differencebetween themselves

and other learners.

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Growth Mindset

In a growth mindsetstudents believe theirintelligence and abilitiescan be enhancedthrough hard work andpractice.

They believe only timewill tell how smart theybecome.

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Mindset-Fixed

In a fixed mindsetstudents believe thatintelligence is a fixed trait-- that some people have

it and others don't -- andthat their intelligence isreflected in theirperformance (Dweck, 2006).

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Growth Mindset

Students value hard

work, learning, andchallenges while seeing

failure as something to

learn from.

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Fixed Mindset

Fixed mindsets believe

they either shouldnt

need to work hardto do

well

orputting in the effort

wont make any

difference in the

outcome.

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Growth Mindset

Students are willing to

take learning risks and

understand thatthrough practice and

effort their abilities can

improve.

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Mindset is Contextual

Students Mindsets are

often different fordifferent subjects or

tasks.

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Mindset

Fixed vs. Growth

Look smart. Desire to learnis paramount.

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Mindset

Fixed VS. Growth

Avoid challenges. Failure is seen

as an opportunity

to learn.

Risks are necessary

for growth.

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Mindset

Fixed VS. Growth

Make excuses Effort isand try to avoid necessary for

difficulties. growth and

success.

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Mindset

Fixed VS. Growth

Criticism is taken Criticism is directed

personally. at their current

skills level.

Students know

they can improve.

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Feedback and Mindset

Teachers should focus

on students' efforts and

strategies.

Praise students efforts

or their strategies, not

their intelligence.

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Mindset and Intelligence

There is no relation

between students'

abilities or intelligence

and the development ofa growth mindset.

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References

References

^http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~dweck Carol S. Dweck, Department of Psychology, StanfordUniversity

^http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13128701 The words that could unlock your child, BBCNews, 19th April 2011

^ Mangels, J. A.; Butterfield, B.; Lamb, J.; Good, C.; Dweck, C. (2006). "Why do beliefs aboutintelligence influence learning success? A social cognitive neuroscience model". Social Cognitiveand Affective Neuroscience1 (2): 7586. doi:10.1093/scan/nsl013. PMC1838571.PMID17392928. edit

^ Job, V.; Dweck, C. S.; Walton, G. M. (2010). "Ego Depletion--Is It All in Your Head?: ImplicitTheories About Willpower Affect Self-Regulation".Psychological Science21 (11): 16861693.doi:10.1177/0956797610384745. PMID20876879. edit

^ Olson, K. R.; Dunham, Y.; Dweck, C. S.; Spelke, E. S.; Banaji, M. R. (2008). "Judgments of the luckyacross development and culture".Journal of Personalityand SocialPsychology94 (5): 757776.doi:10.1037/0022-3514.94.5.757. PMC2745195. PMID18444737. edit

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^"Stanford Universitys Carol Dweck on the Growth Mindset and Education". OneDublin.org. 2012-06-19.