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How to Create a Classroom That’s a Safe Space for Failure

Edsurge

Over the last five years, I have worked hard to teach my students that failure is a gift. This isn’t a new idea, but we still struggle with the idea that failure is a necessary component of success. Embracing failure can seem counterintuitive to students. They are loud, chaotic, and full of failure and growth.

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Embracing a growth mindset when reviewing student data

eSchool News

This perspective transforms data analysis into an empowering process; data is a tool for improvement amongst our students rather than a measure of failure. A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence. to ensure students build skills in connected and meaningful ways.

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How and When to Give Feedback

Catlin Tucker

Enhances Self-Efficacy Process feedback can bolster students’ self-belief and confidence. When they receive feedback that acknowledges their effective strategies and effort, it reinforces the belief that they can succeed. This increased self-efficacy can lead to improved performance and a willingness to tackle more complex tasks.

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Can growth mindset theory reshape the classroom?

eSchool News

But until recently, noncognitive skills like perseverance and self-motivation sat at the periphery of an education debate centered on the measurement of skills like reading and math. Books on noncognitive skills pepper best-seller lists. That is beginning to change.

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Getting pre-service teachers comfortable using and teaching with STEAM tools

eSchool News

To build up the students’ confidence and skills, I started by having them program and design the KIBO robots on their own. Through their work with KIBO, the pre-service teachers discovered they already had more STEAM skills than they had initially realized. As the lessons progressed, we explored various uses of KIBO in the classroom.

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Does your school have a growth mindset when it comes to change?

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Belief that education needs to change. The person has to be prepared to set aside time to improve skills and understanding of what is required. As an example, many people believe they need to become fitter, yet are not prepared to act on this belief by actually taking part in a fitness program.

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Why the Growth Mindset Still Needs to Grow Up

Edsurge

Over the summer, academics debated the impact of growth mindset, the belief that one’s intelligence can be developed with hard work and effort, and whether it can move the needle on academic performance. They learned about neuroscience, shared personal examples and watched videos of famous failures. Gupta, I get it.

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