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Growth Mindset Feedback

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Overview

Attributing results to controllable aspects (strategy and effort) fosters students' beliefs in self. Providing feedback that focuses on the process conveys the importance of effort and motivates students to persist when learning. Research has shown that this type of feedback is particularly supportive of at-risk students.

Use It in the Classroom

Watch how this school incorporates growth mindset feedback as an inherent element of its culture. They implement techniques for teachers and peers to give and receive respectful and specific feedback, encouraging a growth mindset approach. They also use language such as "good mistake" and "aha mistake moment" to describe their mistakes, seeing them as opportunities for growth.

  • When providing growth mindset feedback, it is important to remind students of the progress they have made while also supporting them during times of struggle. Teachers can encourage students to employ a growth mindset by praising the effective strategies they use, effort they put in, and practice they do.

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    Learn how Lexia Reading Core5 provides continuous feedback on ongoing effort. After learners complete challenging activities, they receive feedback that emphasizes their persistence and effort, which supports a growth mindset.

  • Developers can provide feedback that stresses the learning process when learners accomplish a difficult task. Along the way, they can also give feedback during setbacks to motivate learners to continue trying, which grows their sense of intelligence as something that can be developed.
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    Resources

    Below are additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
    Examples

    Encourage a Growth Mindset

    Four ways to foster a growth mindset in students

    Examples

    Growth Mindset Feedback

    Sentence frames for providing growth mindset feedback in different situations

    Research

    Growth Mindset for Math

    Jo Boaler explains the importance of learning from mistakes

    Research

    Self-Efficacy

    Subtopic that includes research on the factors that lead people to develop self-efficacy on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    Student Goals

    Subtopic that explores how student goals relate to academic achievement and their motivation to learn on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    Student Motivation

    Topic that includes research on the factors that motivate students to learn and reach their goals on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

    Scientific American article by Carol Dweck on the importance of process praise

    Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Literacy
    Cognition
    Inhibition & Self-regulation
    Metacognition
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Emotion
    Motivation
    Stereotype Threat
    Student Background

    More Teacher Modeling & Support Strategies

    Accessible Syntax

    Teachers can support language development by using and providing Syntax that is appropriately leveled (e.g., short, simple structure for young students).

    Accessible Vocabulary

    Teachers support language development by using and providing Vocabulary that is appropriately leveled (e.g., using word wall words).

    Brief Instruction Steps

    Content that is provided in clear, short chunks can support students' Working Memory.

    Discussing Emotions

    Teaching students how to label, identify, and manage emotions helps them learn Inhibition & Self-Regulation skills.

    Encourage Student Self-advocacy

    Overtly encouraging all students to seek support and ask questions creates a safe space for risk-taking and skill development.

    Feedback on Writing

    Providing constructive feedback supports students' writing development by letting them know how to improve their writing.

    Foster Growth Mindset

    Teachers can help students understand that learning involves effort, mistakes, and reflection by teaching them about their malleable brain and modeling their own learning process.

    Incorporate Students' Cultural Practices

    Learning about students' cultures and connecting them to instructional practices helps all students feel like valued members of the community, which improves Motivation.

    Model Positive Connections to Literacy

    By sharing their own reading and writing, teachers can create a literacy community that supports students in finding meaning in their own work.

    Model the Assignment or Skill

    By talking through their thinking at each step of a process, teachers can model what learning looks like.

    Predictability: Environment & Structure

    Maintaining consistent classroom routines and schedules ensures that students are able to trust and predict what will happen next.

    Read-alouds

    Reading aloud regularly exposes students to new and familiar Vocabulary and texts.

    Read-alouds: Deliberate Topics

    Reading aloud books about skills children are learning provides another model for their development.

    Student Choice

    Providing students a voice in their learning is critical for making learning meaningful.

    Wait Time

    Wait time, or think time, of three or more seconds after posing a question increases how many students volunteer and the length and accuracy of their responses.

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