Give it a Go Guide: Developing Growth Mindsets in the Inspiring Classroom

This Give it a Go Guide focuses on one aspect of research-based instruction giving you an array of doable activities and resources to implement in your classroom. We created this Give It a Go Guide, based on Carol Dweck’s powerful book, "Mindsets," and her research at Stanford University on developing growth mindsets. We have designed easy-to-do, powerful activities to help students understand and grow their mindsets by exploring the idea in four essential ways – they need to experience it, they need to see models, they need to talk about it and then they need to know when they own it.

So here's the organizational schema for this Guide:

Feel It: Experiences to help students 'feel' and notice their mindset

See It: Growth mindset stories and role models to use as examples

Talk It: Language that promotes growth mindset thinking

Own It: Self-assessment so students see their developing mindsets

Build It: Find tools to support you in building and sustaining a growth mindset classroom - all designed to help you support yourself, parents and students on this powerful journey. 

(Note: Purchasing this book will give you access to a five day lesson plan and Powerpoint presentation designed for your classroom instruction.)