Learning about growth mindset is exciting, informative, and inspiring. The amount of information out there is immense, so I’ve tried to make a list of the best videos and articles that I’ve found. I hope it’s helpful!
Books to Understand Growth Mindset:
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
- Mindset in the Classroom by Ricci
- Mindset Matters by Lisa King
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The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher’s Month-by-Month Handbook by Annie Brock
YouTube Video Links to Understand Growth Mindset:
- Carol Dweck, “Developing a Growth Mindset” (9 minutes)
- Praise on process/effort vs. intelligence (3 minutes)
- Overview of Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset Theory ( 10 minutes)
- Another Overview of Carol Dweck’s Mindset Theory (9 minutes)
- Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset (5 minutes)
- Khan Academy Interview with Carol Dweck (3 minutes)
- Carol Dweck’s Talk at Google (48 minutes)
- Promoting a Growth Mindset in Kids (12 minutes)
- Growth Mindset Introduction: What it is, How it Works, and Why it Matters (8 minutes)
- New Video (July 2016) out of Stanford explaining the power of the brain’s ability to learn (8:35)
- Growth Mindset, Grit and Dealing with Stress
Other Links to Learn about Growth Mindset
- A Video Library https://www.mindsetworks.com/Videos
- An Interactive Page for Introducing Growth Mindset
- Articles to help you understand Growth Mindset (a 22 page PDF consisting of 3 fabulous articles)
- http://www.edutopia.org/article/growth-mindset-resources (many articles to click on in this data base of information)
- Brainology’s Mindset Assessment Profile Tool
- http://trainugly.com/mindset-makers-breakers-pt1/
- Growth Mindset Resources from 3rd Grade Thoughts
- A Great Growth Mindset Rubric for Teachers on TPT (and to show teachers how this looks in classroom learning)
- Research Abstract showing positive results in Chilean High School students
- Article “BOOSTING ACHIEVEMENT WITH MESSAGES THAT MOTIVATE” by Dweck
YouTube Video Links to Understand Your Brain:
- Malleable Brain Animation (1:05)
- 3 Parts of the Brain
- Khan Academy Explains Brain Science (4:10)
- NOVA How Smart can you get
- Dan Siegel: Name it to Tame it
- TED Talk Mindfulness and Self-Regulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiyaSr5aeho
- Dr. Becky Bailey at TEDx
Resource to help teach about the brain:
- Ned the Neuron
- Your Brain is Amazing (1:16)
- The Learning Brain (7:00)
- Teaching Kids about Upstairs and Downstairs Brain
- Template for making a brain hat
- Growth Mindset Video Clips for Kids (click here for that post)
- Read aloud of Fantastic Elastic Brain (6:19)
- Music Video on Neuroplasticity (3:18)
- The Science of Character (8:04)
GRIT
- Grit: The Key to Your Success (2:22)
- Song “I Can So” (3:10)
- Overview of Angela Duckworth’s studies (6:17)
- Freakanomics Podcast on Grit (45 minutes)
Mindfulness:
Why Aren’t We Teaching Mindfulness: TED Talk (14:30)
Self- Talk
- Confidence (4:15)
- More Self Talk Videos on this blog post 🙂