Using Technology to Encourage Learning with a Growth Mindset

Using Technology to Encourage Learning with a Growth Mindset

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  DOLCE 2/1/19: Using Technologyto Encourage Learning with a Growth Mindset
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  Outline ❖ Definitions ❖ Mindsetsand Feedback ❖ Educator Takeaways ❖ References
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  Mindsets Defined ❖ Growthmindset: personal traits can be developed Embrace challenging learning experiences ❖ Fixed mindset: personal traits (e.g. abilities, talent and/or intelligence) are immutable Resist challenging learning experiences (due to Fear Of Looking Dumb”) Source: Dweck, C.S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
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  Identifying Mindsets
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  Feedback-Mindset Spectrum Mindset Encouraged Focus of Feedback FIXED OUTCOME NEUTRAL PERSONPROCESS GROWTH “You must be smart” “You got a good score” “You worked hard” Sample Feedback
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  Fixed Mindset Learning“Death Spiral” Student Judges Instructor Student Receives Trait-based Feedback Student Resists Content Student Resists Instructor Student Learning Experience Suffers Too harsh! Too unfair! 1 5 4 3 2
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  It’s Even WorseThan You Think "It’s an obvious but understated point…the nuances of such expression are not, at that moment, available to him. It calls to mind the coded language used to describe Asians and Asian-Americans: “hard-working” instead of brilliant, “diligent” but not dazzling, “focused” but not naturally gifted.” - Thessaly La Force, T Magazine, Nov. 6, 2018
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  Why Educators ShouldCare (Today) ❖ Inspire self-confidence in today’s iGen/ GenZ /career- changer classroom: ❖ Provide meta-feedback: Growth mindset / feedback is a GOOD thing ❖ Provide meta-education: the brain can always learn! ❖ Challenge students: direct them toward a less-favored learning style ❖ E.g. If student claims to be a visual learner, test with verbal (and vice- versa)
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  Adopting Growth Mindsetin Canvas ❖ Exploit asynchronous communication to provide quality “growth mindset” feedback ❖ Utilize Canvas MasteryPaths feature to create a “bespoke” learning experience that challenges student’s unfavored learning style(s) ❖ https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-8492-canvas-release- masterypaths
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  Adopting Growth Mindsetin Canvas ❖ Laura Gibbs: http:// growthmindsetmemes.bl ogspot.com ❖ Canvas tips: https:// community.canvaslms.co m/videos/2869-5-ways- to-weave-growth- mindset-into-your- courses
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  For Further Investigation ❖Dweck, C.S. (2007/2008, December/January). The secret to raising smart kids. Scientific American Mind, 6, 36-43. ❖ Dweck, C.S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. ❖ Lukianoff, G, & Haidt, J. (2018), The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. Penguin Press ❖ Stiles, J. (2000). Neural plasticity and cognitive development. Development Neuropsychology, 18(2), 237-272. ❖ Mueller, C.M., & Dweck, C. (1998). Praise for intelligence can undermine children’s motivation and performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(1), 33-52. ❖ Dweck, C.S., & Leggett, E.L. (1988). A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95(2), 256-273. ❖ Harari, Yuval Noah (2018). 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Spiegel & Grau. ❖ Sisk, V., et. al. (2018), To What Extent and Under Which Circumstances Are Growth Mind- Sets Important to Academic Achievement? Two Meta-Analyses, Psychological Science 2018, 29(4) 549–571