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GROWTH MINDSET Parent Workshop!. &. Audience Check. WHAT IS GROWTH MINDSET?. RESEARCH SAYS THAT GROWTH MINDSET = POSITIVE OUTCOMES. Let’s learn more….
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GROWTH MINDSET Parent Workshop!
& Audience Check
Students who have a growth mindset do better in school because they have an empowering perspective on learning and focus on improvement. In contrast, students who have a fixed mindset tend to focus on judgment. From MindsetKit.org
Research shows that people with a growth mindset process mistakes and want to correct these mistakes. More brain activity is noted when someone is trying to process an error they made which is a growth mindset trait.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN POINTS OF GROWTH MINDSET? • POWER OF YET • GRIT • NEUROPLASTICITY
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This is learning. At first, you didn’t know how to run.
FACT:Parents who praise their kids’ effort in the learning process rather than a child’s intelligence, help their children adopt a growth mindset. RESEARCH DETAILSA study by Schleider, Schroder, Lo et al (2016) indicates that parents with growth mindsets instead of a fixed mindset, had children with less anxiety. Why WOULDN’T we teach about growth mindset to PARENTS? …OR TEACHERS? OR STUDENTS?
Looking at Research on How to Praise Your Child to Encourage a Growth Mindset
How can Parents Reinforce Growth Mindset? • Be aware of the language we use. • Model growth mindset in our own behavior. • Point out examples of others showing a growth mindset.
Turn to someone near you, and discuss: “Which one of these things are you going to focus on to encourage your child to have a growth mindset?” • Be aware of the language we use to praise our kids. • Model growth mindset in our own behavior. • Point out example of others showing a growth mindset.
Alright, let’s review: • #1 Imagine that your child has always been a great soccer player. How would you react if your child came home and told you that he/she didn’t make the soccer team? • A. I would be disappointed that my child didn’t try his/her best. • B. I would call the coach and explain that my child had a bad day and needed another chance to tryout again. • C. I would be empathic to my child’s feeling and try to talk to my child about what he/she could do differently next time to make it a more successful tryout. • #2 Your child shows you a math test that he/she got a 95 on. What are your first thoughts? • A. That kid is so smart and truly amazes me! • B. Awesome. My child’s hard work has paid off. • C. I wonder how the other students in the class did on the test.