Mindset:
                 Teacher’s Edition
            Holly Mitchell, AART, Riverside Elementary
                  hdmitchell@fcps.edu
              Outcomes
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   Gain an understanding of fixed vs. growth 
   mindset and how it impacts our students
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   Apply growth mindset in interactions with 
   our students
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   Foster growth mindset through classroom 
   discussions and other instructional activities
   The Research 
   Behind Mindset
     Meet the Author: Dr. Carol Dweck
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   Psychologist and professor at Stanford University
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   Research focused on why people succeed and how to foster 
   success
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   Scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, 
   Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by 
   the World Education Federation
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   Work has been featured in The New Yorker, Time, The New 
   York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe
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   Appearances on Today and 20/20
             How It All Began
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    Early research focused on how people cope 
   with failures
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    Conducted study on how students handle 
   difficult tasks
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    Discovered that some students didn’t see 
   failure as failure, but instead saw it as a gift 
   and as an opportunity to learn