growth mindset - john tomsett hand out
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GM presentation from Excellence & Growth Conference 26-11-14TRANSCRIPT
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Growth Mindsets?
John TomsettHuntington School, York
My brief…
Take away clear guidance to help colleagues foster a Growth
Mindset in students to encourage their natural abilities, develop greater motivation and make
improved progress
“Mindset”{noun}
a set of beliefs or a way of thinking
that determines one’s behaviour,
outlook and mental attitude.
“Dweck's research falls into the category of most of the best of our research into education, in that it merely ends up confirming the eternal truths of the classroom: turn up, work hard, study, do well; work harder, do better; believe you can improve and you probably will, believe that you can't and see what happens.”
Tom Bennett, TES
Mindset Trait 1: How you want to appear to others
Fixed Mindset: LOOK CLEVER AT ALL COSTS
Growth Mindset: LEARN AT ALL COSTS
Mindset Trait 1: How you want to appear to others
FIXED MINDSET:
• Respond poorly to feedback from others
• Jealous of the success of others
• Seek to put people down
GROWTH MINDSET:
• Learn from criticism and suggestions
• Seek strategies to improve
Mindset Trait 2 : Responding to setbacks
Fixed Mindset: It’s about meHIDE MISTAKES & DEFICIENCIES
Growth Mindset: It’s about learning CONFRONT MISTAKES & DEFICIENCIES
Mindset Trait 2 : Responding to setbacks
FIXED MINDSET:
• Avoids trying something new
• Finds it extremely hard to cope with setbacks
• Seeks to blame others for their setbacks
GROWTH MINDSET:
• Setbacks highlight issues/problems that need to be dealt with and learnt from
• Actively seek out learning opportunities
John McEnroe was the world champion of tennis for 4 consecutive years, but McEnroe
has acknowledged that he responded badly to setbacks. He has admitted that he didn’t maximise his potential and could have
performed better for longer.
McEnroe Excuses:• Temporary Insanity• My friend was in love and I wasn’t• Too hot• Too cold• I was over-trained• I was too chunky• I was too thin
Mindset Trait 3: Talent vs Effort
Fixed Mindset: IT SHOULD COME NATURALLY
Growth Mindset: WORK HARD, EFFORT IS KEY
Mindset Trait 3: Talent vs Effort
FIXED MINDSET:
• Intelligent people are born that way
• See further effort as undermining their genius
• Talent and intelligence is everything
GROWTH MINDSET:
• Understands that no matter what your natural aptitude effort is essential to improve and achieve
• Persistently committed and motivated
A GIFT? HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE?• Starting playing tennis aged 2.
• Practised 5 days a week; every week.• By aged 5 playing in tournaments for under 10s.
• By 8 he was allowed to play against adults in competitions.• Had few friends in secondary school and trained in all of his
spare time.• Aged 15 asks his mum to move to Barcelona so he can be
trained with the world’s best.
TYPICAL DAY FOR ANDY MURRAY:7:30 – porridge and protein shake9:00-11:30 – running drills12:00 – rest/lunch13:00 - 16:00 – technical hitting drills and endurance training16:30 – 18:30 – in the gym for stretching and weights19:15 – dinner and T.V.21:30 - bed
Fixed Growth
Look clever at all costs Learn at all costs
When responding to setbacks, hide mistakes and deficiencies
When responding to setbacks, confront and
learn from mistakes and deficiencies
It should come naturally
Work hard, effort is key
Questionnaire
KS2 Eng 4a, Maths 3b, Ave 4c
7C, 2D, 2E (Eng, no Maths) 5B, 4C, 1D (inc Eng & Maths)
FIXED 2 3 4 5 GROWTH
FIXED 2 3 4 5 GROWTH
6
• We all have different starting points, but can all get better• We can have different
mindsets in different areas• You can change your mind,
you can change your mindset
KS4 Hits
Attained 5 A*-C grades with E & M
with lower than 60% chance FFT…
KS4 Misses
Missed 5 A*-C grades with E & M
with higher than 60% chance FFT…
Hits vs Misses
• Number: 24 (21 in 2013)• GM Mean: 4.15 (4.02)• Median: 4.38 (4.13)• Highest: 4.88 (5.25)• Lowest: 2.63 (3.13)• Absent: 3
• Number: 21 (23)• GM Mean: 3.75 (3.77)• Median: 4.00 (3.88)• Highest: 4.88 (4.75)• Lowest: 1.88 (2.25)• Absent: 1
6 = GROWTH 1 = FIXED
‘Those with a growth mindset learn from people; people that help them improve by being honest and providing constructive feedback. They seek help from other people to ensure they develop and grow and, providing those who help them are of a growth mindset, they encourage and foster a love of learning’
Dweck
School Reports – what do we communicate about achievement?
Abigail is a bright pupil who is clearly a gifted historian.
What messages does the above comment communicate to students
and parents about achievement?
5A*-C up by 38%
Shortlisted for: Outstanding Staff Training Initiative
On the flip chart paper jot down your ideas about the following statement
You are in a Growth Mindset school; what does it
look like…..feel like…..
sound like…..
Target Setting?
Once you start to think hard about what Dweck says you begin to question everything about what you do as a school leader. If Dweck is right – and in my personal experience I think she is – then setting students grades as targets is deeply flawed. The Subject Leaders of our two most successful A levels, the ones which are about to explode out the top of the ALPs thermometer and make an awful mess, both fessed up to me this autumn that they don’t look at students’ targets, they don’t consciously differentiate, they just teach to A* standard all of the time to all of the students.
Intelligence praise can undermine motivation andperformance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Claudia Mueller and Carol Dweck showed that praising young adolescents for their intelligence—saying they were “smart” when they did well—created a fixed mindset and its problems. It put students in a world in which people evaluate intelligence. In contrast, praising the student’s “process” (their effort or strategies) put children in a growth mindset and fostered resilience.
Mothers’ daily person and process praise:Implications for children’s theory of intelligence and
motivation. Developmental Psychology
Gunderson and colleagues found that how parents praise 1-3 year-old children—whether they praise the child’s effort and process versus ability—predicts whether the child will have a growth mindset and a desire for challenge 5 years later. Similarly, Pomerantz showed that children aged 8 to 12 whose mothers used person praise (“you are smart”) rather than process praise (“you tried hard”) showed more change in the direction of a fixed mindset over a six-month period.
It’s not just about effort…
One mistake is to encourage students to give “more effort” when they really need not only apply more effort but also change strategy. Effort is necessary but it is not the sole ingredient for success. When confronted with continued failures despite heightened effort, students might conclude that they can’t succeed, sapping their motivation. Effective growth mindset interventions challenge the myth that raw ability matters most by teaching the fuller formula for success: effort + strategies + help from others. - Yeager Walton Cohen 2013
It’s not just about effort…
Effective growth mindset interventions teach the fuller formula for success:
effort + strategies + help from others.
- Yeager Walton Cohen 2013
Growth Mindset Priority 1
Develop the use of Growth Mindset language
in the classroom
Priority 2
Embed the effort descriptors
into the school’s DNA
Growth Mindset
Language…
Effort only comments in planners…
Praise…
Make your expectations explicit
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Total Ave Total Ave Total Ave Total Ave Total Ave
72 6 60 5 48 4 36 3 24 271 5.9 59 4.9 47 3.9 35 2.9 23 1.970 5.8 58 4.8 46 3.8 34 2.8 22 1.869 5.75 57 4.75 45 3.75 33 2.75 21 1.7568 5.7 56 4.7 44 3.7 32 2.7 20 1.767 5.6 55 4.6 43 3.6 31 2.6 19 1.666 5.5 54 4.5 42 3.5 30 2.5 18 1.565 5.4 53 4.4 41 3.4 29 2.4 17 1.464 5.3 52 4.3 40 3.3 28 2.3 16 1.363 5.25 51 4.25 39 3.25 27 2.25 15 1.2562 5.2 50 4.2 38 3.2 26 2.2 14 1.261 5.1 49 4.1 37 3.1 25 2.1 13 1.1
How to score your questionnaire
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