A full view of what growth mindset is and how it can be implemented in the classroom and home settings.

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What is Growth
Mindset?

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As stated by Psychology Today, a growth
mindset is,“the belief that a person's
capacities and talents can be improved
over time.”

3. Recently we had the privilege of sitting down
with Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and
Assessment at Libertyville District 70, Erik
Youngman to discuss what growth mindset is
and how impactful it is in education.
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4. Erik explains that the way to improve over time
is to focus on elements of a growth mindset
like learning from mistakes, continuous
improvement, effort, creative problem
solving, and reflection.
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Originally the growth mindset
method came from psychologist
and professor at Stanford
University, Carol Dweck. Erik’s
interest in the growth mindset
sparked from his teaching career.

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He spent his time reading articles
about the growth mindset,
synthesizing the information he
uncovered, and creating
structures that educators and
coaches can apply to their
teachings about the growth
mindset.

7. Erik explained 3 examples of how growth
mindset can be applied in an educational
and home setting.
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8. 1. Continuous learning mindset
Erik merged Carol Dweck’s research with
structures of the applications of learning from
the Illinois State Board of Education to explain
how a continuous learning mindset works.
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9. These 6 dimensions empower students to
enhance frequency and effectiveness of
thinking while also empowering reflection,
courage, perseverance and empathy.
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2. Empower a growth mindset with
feedback, questions, and self talk

11. Feedback
Erik stresses the importance of being mindful
of how you are providing careful feedback to
these students and children especially when
they have made a mistake or something they
could classify as a set-back. 2 really great
suggestions Erik made on how to phrase
affirming feedback are, "You are not
successful yet, but you and I both know you
will do it," and "remember the lesson more
than the mistake."
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12. Questions
Parents also have a great opportunity to have
‘teaching moments’ with their kids by asking
them questions instead of providing the
answer. Instead of blatantly outing an answer
to your child whether it be in life or school, help
them get to the next step by prompting them
with, "what questions should be asked or
considered in this situation?" Ask them how
they believe they can enhance their
efficiency, flexibility, performance, or growth.
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13. Self-talk
Self-talk is a commonly used tactic in cases
dealing with depression and anxiety, also
known as ‘changing your mindset.’ If parents
and teachers give students the right tools to
learn about and understand self talk, students
might be more likely to perform better
academically and be an overall happier
person. Erik suggests teaching phrases like, "I
need to courageously move out of my
comfort zone," and "How do my current
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15. 3. 12 Characteristics of Deliberate Homework
Erik Youngman has just released a book titled
12 Characteristics of Deliberate Homework in
which he talks about growth mindset in
relation to learning and homework. He
encourages parents, educators, and coaches
to a learning mindset that empowers
students to be responsible, reflective,
resilient, and resourceful.
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16. How does Growth Mindset Apply to Remote
Learning?
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17. Growth mindset is used as a lens to empower
students and educators as they encounter
new challenges, risks, improvement, effort,
resourcefulness, and feedback during remote
learning. In times like these, where everyone
seemingly has all the time in the world, the
opportunity cost of getting out of your
comfort zone to embrace new challenges and
try new things is inordinately low.
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