Simple Twists of Fate

SIMPLE TWISTS OF FATE

SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE #1

“Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in the same well

” -German

Proverb

SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE #2

Meeting Jan Osborn

MINDSET

Fixed

Vs.

Growth

MOLDING A MINDSET

Praise students strategies, effort, and progress, not their intelligence. Discourage labels such as smart. Don’t offer excuses.

Fixed mindset students are most concerned about looking good and looking smart. Growth mindset students are more focused on the learning.

MINDSET INSTRUCTIONExperiment: Test taking

Group AReceived 16 sessions on test taking and preparation

Group BReceived 8 sessions on test taking and preparation and 8 sessions on mindset

growth.

MINDSET IMPLICATIONS FOR SPEDSpecial needs students

Must encourage and foster a growth mind set

Don’t offer excuses

The “not yet “ alternative

The role of the mentor

TWEAKING THE ENVIRONMENT

TWEAKING THE ENVIRONMENT

What if we added 10 minutes of independent reading time each day?

Provided the structured time

Provided the appropriate resources

Provided the motivation

Percentile

RaTweaking the Environmentnk

Minutes of Readingper day

Words Readper year

+10 Minutes/DayWords read per year

98 65 4,358,000 5,082,46290 21.1 1,823,000 2,686,98180 14.2 1,146,000 1,953,04270 9.6 622,000 1,269,91760 6.5 432,000 1,096,61550 4.6 282,000 895,04340 3.2 200,000 825,00030 1.8 106,000 694,88920 0.7 21,000 321,00010 0.1 8,000 300,000

SOURCE: Steven A. Stahl, Marilyn Jager Adams

Power of Practice

HOW DOES PROJECT MORE TWEAK THE ENVIRONMENT?• 30 minutes, four days a week • A mentor to coach, guide, praise and encourage - - building a growth mindset.

• A book to take home

CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK!!!!

Continue building growth mindsets!

Continue tweaking the environment!