Carol Dweck: The Effect of Praise on Mindsets. Tips: 8 Ways to Give Students More Effective Feedback Using a Growth Mindset. Wire Side Chats: How Can Teachers Develop Students' Motivation. What can teachers do to help develop students who will face challenges rather than be overwhelmed by them?
Why is it that many students seem to fall apart when they get to junior high or middle school? Can the "gifted" label do more harm than good? Do early lessons set girls up for failure? Is self-esteem something that teachers can or should "give" to students? You Can Learn Anything. The Best Resources For Showing Students That They Make Their Brain Stronger By Learning. One of the most popular resources on this blog, and a lesson plan in my book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves, that I know is one of the more popular chapters in it, is about teaching students that they physically “grow” their brains when they learn new things.
I’ve posted a number of links to related resources on My Best Posts On “Motivating” Students list, but I thought it would be useful to bring some of those posts together with resources I’ve recently found and create a brand new “The Best….” list. Here are my picks for The Best Resources For Showing Students That They Make Their Brain Stronger By Learning: First, here is a series of posts where I specifically describe what I have done in my classes (though I’m in the process of revising those lessons): Www.laurelschool.org/about/documents/CRG_GRWTHMNDSET.pdf.