TY - GEN
T1 - Teaching to promote a growth mindset
AU - Zappe, Sarah E.
AU - Cutler, Stephanie
AU - Litzinger, Thomas A.
PY - 2017/12/12
Y1 - 2017/12/12
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to describe a special session intended to help instructors better understand the difference between fixed versus growth mindset and how instructional approaches can implicitly or explicitly promote one or the other. Originating with Carol Dweck, individuals with a fixed mindset believe that a specific ability or intelligence is innate and fixed. In contrast, individuals with a growth mindset believe that ability or intelligence can be improved with training and practice. Through implicit and explicit messages to their students, instructors may inadvertently trigger students to approach tasks with a fixed mindset. The interactive session will focus on common messages and strategies that will help students to approach tasks in a class with a growth mindset.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to describe a special session intended to help instructors better understand the difference between fixed versus growth mindset and how instructional approaches can implicitly or explicitly promote one or the other. Originating with Carol Dweck, individuals with a fixed mindset believe that a specific ability or intelligence is innate and fixed. In contrast, individuals with a growth mindset believe that ability or intelligence can be improved with training and practice. Through implicit and explicit messages to their students, instructors may inadvertently trigger students to approach tasks with a fixed mindset. The interactive session will focus on common messages and strategies that will help students to approach tasks in a class with a growth mindset.
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2017.8190685
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2017.8190685
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85043254429
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - 1
EP - 2
BT - FIE 2017 - Frontiers in Education, Conference Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 47th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2017
Y2 - 18 October 2017 through 21 October 2017
ER -