1. Growth Mindset: Overview for Students and Parents

3. Your brain is like a muscle
When you train your muscle, the muscles will train based on the amount of EFFORT you put into making that change.
This is proven to be the same with your brain.
THE MORE EFFORT YOU PUT
INTO YOUR LEARNING, THE MORE
YOUR BRAIN WILL GROW

4. Challenge or Failure Higher Achievement Increased Effort
Growth Mindset
Challenge
or Failure
Fixed
Mindset
Does Growth Mindset Correlate with Achievement? Evidence From A Nationwide Sample In Chile
Chilean National Achievement Test
10th grade test incorporated Growth Mindset Assessment
n=147,000
Reduced Effort
Lower Achievement

6. THOMAS EDISON Michael Jordan
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots and lost almost 300 games…I have failed over and over… and that is why I succeed.”
THOMAS EDISON
“I have not failed. I’ve just found ways that won’t work.”
Michael Jordan

7. Steven Spielberg
Rejected by the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts multiple times
He went on to create the summer blockbuster "Jaws" in 1975
Has won three Academy Awards, 4 Emmys, 7 Daytime Emmys
His 27 movies have grossed more that $9 billion.

8. Vera Wang Failed to make the1968 US Olympic figure-skating team
Became an editor at Vogue, but was passed over for the editor-in-chief position
Began designing wedding gowns at age 40 and today her business is worth over $1 billion
Found another way back into skating, designing costumes

9. When You face Criticism
When You Hit a Setback
FIXED ‘This would have been easy if you really had talent.’
GROWTH ‘That is so wrong. Basketball wasn’t easy for Michael Jordan and science wasn’t easy for Thomas Edison. They had a passion and put in a lot of effort.’
When You face Criticism
FIXED ‘It’s not my fault. It was something or someone else’s fault.’
GROWTH ‘If I don’t take responsibility, I can’t fix it. Let me listen, however painful it is, and learn whatever I can.’

10. You Have a Choice so Talk Back with a Growth Mindset Voice.
FIXED ‘Are you sure you can do it? Maybe you don’t have the talent.’
GROWTH ‘I’m not sure I can do it now, but I think I can learn to with time and effort.’
FIXED ‘What if you fail—you’ll be a failure’
GROWTH ‘Most successful people had failures along the way.’
FIXED ‘If you don’t try, you can protect yourself and keep your dignity.’
GROWTH ‘If I don’t try, I automatically fail. Where’s the dignity in that?’

11. How an you help your child develop a growth mindset?
Praise carefully
Encourage practice and targeted effort
Discuss and encourage reflection on mistakes
Do not compare with others
Encourage challenging tasks
Teach them to ‘talk back’ their fixed mindset

12. Information for Parents
AVOID LABELS AND GIVE GROWTH MINDSET PRAISE
Don’t label yourself in ways that model a ‘fixed mindset’ (e.g. I’m a terrible cook….I was never good at Maths)
Praise and value effort, practising, self-correction and persistence
Don’t shelter your child from a failed task. Ask “What can you learn from this experience? What could you try differently next time?”
HELP CHILDREN LEARN TO HEAR THEIR OWN FIXED MINDSET ‘VOICE’
Some examples: “That guy is brilliant; he never tries and he gets it” “I got it wrong again, I’ll never get this”
Some children don’t even realise how fixed their mindset can be. Discuss and challenge their opinions and attitudes.
HELP CHILDREN RECONNECT WITH A TIME WHEN THEY LEARNED SOMETHING NEW THAT WAS A CHALLENGE
Point out the developmental nature of ‘getting good’ - we all go through the process of making a lot of mistakes, practicing and then getting better.
GET CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S WORK THROUGH QUESTIONS
How did you figure that out? What’s another way you could have done that? How many times did your try before it turned out that way? What could you try differently next time?
HELP CHILDREN GET CURIOUS ABOUT MISTAKES
Help them reframe a mistake as new information or as a step in the process of learning. In addition, help them incorporate self-correction in their own learning process.
HELP CHILDREN TALK BACK TO NEGATIVE SELF-TALK WITH A GROWTH MINDSET VOICE
e.g I get better and better with practice, this is hard, but will get easier

13. EFFORT PRAISE INTELLIGENCE PRAISE
I’ve noticed the effort you’re putting into…
All of your hard work and practice is resulting in progress in…
I’m proud of how committed you have been to learning…
Are you clear what you need to do to improve your learning next time?
You made a mistake that’s OK. You can learn from it
INTELLIGENCE PRAISE
You’re so clever at…
You’re so intelligent at…
You’re lucky, you’re gifted at...and it’s so easy for you to…
Don’t worry if you didn't get a great result, did you get a better score than x child?
Ah...you made a mistake, how many times have we told you to get it right first time?

14. Interested in Growth Mind-Set Training?

15. Further Reading
I am currently reading the secret – improve mind set as well as well being