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Gifted & Talented eNews February 2018

Mindset

“Maybe basketball just isn't your game.”

“You’re so smart!”

“You are gifted – a natural!”

"That's just how he is."

"I don't get math.....yet."

Are these just words or do they mean more?

Children receive messages on a daily basis from their peers, parents and teachers. How are children affected by the words we use to praise, coach and criticize them?

Growth Mindset Workshop

Tuesday, March 27

TSD Administration Building - Rm 128

6:30-8:00 pm map

"The praise that mothers give to their 1, 2 and 3 year olds predicts a child's mindset."

Carol Dweck

Wait, I'm not sure what mindset means?

View and learn below.

Mindset Quiz

Intrigued? Watch it in action with kids .

Carol Dweck: The Effect of Praise on Mindsets

"How can a simple belief have the power to transform your psychology and, as a result, your life?"

"...a disproportionate number of successful CEOs have learning disabilities, when compared to the general public. Why is this so?"

Find out at Fountly

Why do poor students who have a growth mindset perform better than wealthier students?

Find out at neaToday

"The more parents believed that failure is debilitating, the more likely their children were to see them as concerned with their performance outcomes and grades rather than their learning and improvement."

Read more at NPR

The 3rd Northern Colorado Expanding Your Horizons Conference

Saturday, April 14th at CSU

Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics™ conferences nurture girls’ interest in science and math to encourage them to consider careers in STEM and are held all over the United States.

All girls in grades 6-8 are welcome.

This year’s workshops include:

-Brain Power

-Operation Design and Build

-Exothermic Ice Cream &

Unicorn Eruptions

Registration for the conference will begin on March 1st, 2018 and is $10 (financial assistance available).

Visit NoCo EYH for more information.

Good Reads & Links

Scientific American

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids - Don't tell your kids that they are

New York Magazine

How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The inverse power of praise.

The Wall Street Journal

The Praise a Child Should Never Hear

Talks at Google (video)

The Growth Mindset

HuffPost

Telling Your Kid That They're Smart Could Turn Them Into A Cheater

The Emotion Machine

A One Time Lesson in “Growth Mindset” Can Help with Depression and Anxiety

OregonASK STEM Mentor Toolkit

Nurturing A Growth Mindset in Adults

Growth Mindset for Kids

Self Sufficient Kids

14 Children’s Books That Promote a Growth Mindset

TeachThought

How Games Can Create A Growth Mindset

Carol Dweck, Ph. D. How we can learn to fulfill our potential

Brene Brown Courage is contagious

Mindsets for Parents Strategies to Encourage Growth Mindsets in Kids

Bill Gates@BillGates

Carol Dweck makes an intriguing argument

growthmindset@growthmindset1

But I am not a lion!

Messages About Failure

Nine-year-old Elizabeth was on her way to her first gymnastics meet. Lanky, flexible, and energetic, she was just right for gymnastics, and she loved it. Of course, she was a little nervous about competing, but she was good at gymnastics and felt confident of doing well. She had even thought about the perfect place in her room to hang the ribbon she would win.

In the first event, the floor exercises, Elizabeth went first. Although she did a nice job, ... continue reading at Mindsetonline.com

6 Tips from Carol Dweck

"A growth mindset is not a panacea, but it does empower [students] and help them learn."
"Let's legitimize that fixed mindset, because we all have it somewhere; we are all a mixture."
Naming your fixed mindset persona creates a fun, comfortable way of discussing it with your peers.
If parents want to nurture growth mindset in children, move beyond just pushing them toward effort; help them identify new strategies so that effort can be productive."
"Students are less likely to avoid "looking dumb" and more likely to try new approaches if they believe that their school is interested in their success."
Caution - "We used to say kids don't have the ability. Now we're saying they don't have the mindset? I think it's protective. It's our way of saying 'It's not my fault that child isn't learning."

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