Goal for 2018: Modeling a Growth Mindset in Math

Jo Boaler is an educator at Stanford who has done much research and writing about math education.  She has worked closely with Carol Dweck to provide us with books, videos, activities and resources to help us encourage a growth mindset for our students. If you are looking for some professional reading, I would recommend looking at some of her books.

Her website is youcubed.org.  I use it a lot when searching for rich problem-solving activities.  When speaking about growth in math, she stresses the importance of visualization.  From her site, you can download some posters that show students the value of training our brains as mathematicians.  

 


If you are interested in books to use during your workshop that encourage growth mindset, you might be able to find one here or here.

Do you have any tools that you use to build growth mindset?  Share in the comments below!