Dr. Dweck and her colleagues also found that teaching children to focus on the process of learning fostered
the benefits of a growth mindset.
Summit Learning mentor Nicholas Kim explains how the Summit Learning approach helps students learn about
the benefits of a growth mindset and college and career readiness.
Recent research highlights
the benefits of a growth mindset, the belief that intelligence is malleable, which supports resilient responses to academic challenges.
Not exact matches
Simply being aware that there's a difference between a fixed and a
growth mindset is one
of the most effective metacognitive strategies that students can
benefit from.
Experiments in schools have found that sessions designed to promote a
growth mindset [4]
benefit academic achievement
of students, especially those with initially low grades or in higher risk
of failing.
In adopting and using Progressive Achievement Tests to investigate and diagnose student learning and to monitor progress over time, teachers are working within a
growth mindset, with the
benefits of targeted teaching, increased levels
of student engagement and improved learning outcomes.
Dweck goes on to explain the many
benefits of possessing a
growth mindset, particularly in the presence
of adversity.
Fostering
growth mindsets about the
benefits of trying hard, bouncing back from setbacks, and valuing incremental progress boosts both motivation and engagement.
One additional practical
benefit from his paper is that he reproduces in the appendix copies
of simple surveys that have been used to measure perseverance and a
growth mindset.
Each
of the books below describes and depict characters and life situations in which having a
growth mindset benefits the main characters.