{"id":1595,"date":"2018-04-22T10:15:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T10:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2018-03-26T16:04:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T16:04:42","slug":"growth-mindset-part-4-clues-to-encourage-growth-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2018\/04\/22\/growth-mindset-part-4-clues-to-encourage-growth-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth Mindset Part 4\u2014Clues to Encourage Growth Mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growth Mindset is defined as the perceived ability to grow and change through dedication and hard work. The intent: to encourage students as well as adults that it is possible to learn more and become smarter through perseverance on tasks. The bottom line: growth mindset can be taught.<\/p>\n<p>How can we get started?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Remember, mistakes are part of learning so we should expect them. They help us rethink our decisions, eliminate what doesn&#8217;t work and sharpen our learning.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to our self talk and begin to hear how we speak.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1597\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/avoidsaying.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/avoidsaying.png 511w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/avoidsaying-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As an adult working with students it becomes important to change the way we praise student work. Focus on\/ observe\/comment on the quality of their work. Consider using reinforcing comments such as:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1598\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/growthmindset2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/growthmindset2.png 560w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/growthmindset2-300x49.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1599\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/growthmindset3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/growthmindset3.png 560w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/growthmindset3-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Concerned and focused teachers and adults must believe in the growth of talent and intelligence in students and must take the time to speak with and encourage their continued growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growth Mindset is defined as the perceived ability to grow and change through dedication and hard work. The intent: to encourage students as well as adults that it is possible to learn more and become smarter through perseverance on tasks. The bottom line: growth mindset can be taught. How can we get started? Remember, mistakes\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2018\/04\/22\/growth-mindset-part-4-clues-to-encourage-growth-mindset\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growth-mindset","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1601,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions\/1601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}