The presentation offers tips to encourage growth mindset in students.

1. Dr Agnes D’Costa
Associate Professor
Pushpanjali College of Education
Vasai
Growth Mindset

2. What is a fixed mindset?
 In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic
qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are fixed
traits. People with a fixed mindset fail to enhance
their capacities. They believe that talent alone
determines success. The contributing influence of
efforts is sidelined.

3. What is a growth mindset?
 In a growth mindset, people believe that their
most basic abilities can be developed through
dedication and hard work. Intelligence and talent
provide a start but determination, resilience and
efforts are what really help accomplish one’s
goals.

4. Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset
 Either I am good at
something or I am not good
at it.
 I get easily frustrated an
give up.
 If I fail it means I am no
good.
 I will try but will give up if I
find no change.
 Your success threatens
me.
 My intelligence and talent
decides my success.
 I can learn anything that I
want to learn.
 I persevere and do not
give up easily.
 Even if I fail, I am
learning.
 I will keep on trying.
 Your success inspires me.
 My effort and my attitude
determine my success.

5. Role of teachers in promoting growth
mindset
 Encourage students to set small achievable goals
that help incremental progress. This helps to
increase confidence and leads to a growth
mindset.

6. Role of teachers in promoting growth
mindset
 Praise students’ efforts and not their intelligence.
If we tend to praise students for their intelligence
it will lead to viewing intelligence as a fixed trait
and this will make them less persistent in their
efforts.

7. Role of teachers in promoting growth
mindset
 Focus and value the process of learning and not
just the product. Grades are important but it is the
learning process that needs to be prioritized.

8. Role of teachers in promoting growth
mindset
 Co operative activities promote growth mindset as
against competitive activities. Students feel a
sense of group accountability and this
encourages a positive loop of effort and success
leading to growth mindset.