Lesson 1,
Topic 1
In Progress
Discussion Questions
- Discuss ways in which you have had a fixed mind-set yourself.
- Discuss some ways in which you may have communicated a fixed mind-set to your students.
- How can we help students to see failure as “good failure” that leads to more learning?
- Discuss the importance of the phrase “not yet.”
- Discuss the importance of the word “grit.”
- Note some examples of “fixed mind-set” messages you have observed as a teacher or student.
- Brainstorm some examples of “growth mind-set” messages we could give to students.
