Growth Mindset: I have a bulletin board in my classroom with statements from a fixed mindset point of view vs. a growth mindset point of view. I try to instill the idea that students of their age have the potential to strengthen their brains when they pursue challenging tasks and that by persevering through material that they find difficult, they can find strategies to help them master the material. Several students claim they "can't" do something, and I try to pose it as an opportunity to train their brains to learn something new.
