Ruth Mitchell

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Dweck, C. (2015, September 22). Carol Dweck revisits the 'growth mindset'. Education Week. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/23/carol-dweck-revisits-the-growth-mindset.html?cmp=eml-eb-pop112715.

Carol Dweck provides her reflection on the Growth Mindset and what we, as educators, need to do to follow the growth mindset journey and adopt a "deeper, true growth mindset." She explains that in order to do this we need to accept our fixed-mindset and carefully watch for "our fixed-mindset triggers" when we face challenges or feel incompetent as teachers. In addition, she gives the following statements to use when encouraging students:

• "When you learn how to do a new kind of problem it grows your math brain!"
• "If you catch yourself saying, 'I'm not a math person.' just add the word 'yet' to the end of the sentence."
• "That feeling of math being hard is the feeling of your brain growing"
• "The point isn't to get it all right away. The point is to grow your understanding step by step. What can you try next?"