Fighting Fixed Mindsets: Instructional Shifts to Engage Learners
The instructional choices teachers make impact how students engage with content. Examine school and classroom structures that might inhibit growth mindsets and discuss five instructional shifts to address those structures for K-12 teachers and learners.
This session uses mathematics as the sample context; however, the instructional shifts are applicable across content areas.
Objectives:
Participants will:
• Make sense of five instructional shifts to promote student engagement.
• Create a shared image of classrooms where teachers are actively fighting fixed mindsets.
• Explore strategies to support learners who struggle as well as those who don’t.