When we look at new pedagogies and deeper learning goals across whole education systems, we look at growth mindset. What skills will our students need to leave us with? How are we instilling those skills in our students?
According to many researchers (Hindle, Hattie), having a Growth Mindset (specifically in math but not limited to math) is an approach to teaching mathematics which believes that mindset is more important than initial ability in determining the progress made by students in their mathematical understanding.
Students with a growth mindset:
- Believe that talents can be developed and great abilities can be built over time
- View mistakes as an opportunity to develop
- Are resilient
- Believe that effort creates success
- Think about how they learn
Students with a fixed mindset:
- Believe that talent alone creates success
- Are reluctant to take on challenges
- Prefer to stay in their comfort zone
- Are fearful of making mistakes
- Think it is important to 'look smart' in front of others
- Believe that talents and abilities are set in stone, you either have them or you don't
As a team we have chosen to look at growth mindset specifically around the area of math. Marilyn Kasian has shared her growth mindset student survey with our team in order for us to capture some data around growth mindset. We have decided to administer this survey to each of our students at the beginning of our learning with data management and will administer again at the end of the unit to see if and how students thinking around mindset and math has changed based on their experiences.
The following is the student survey that all participating students will complete around growth mindset in math.
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