HOW CHANGING MINDSETS CAN MOTIVATE ACHIEVEMENT

Psychological science has shown that changing student mindsets (beliefs and attitudes about themselves, their feelings about school and their sense of social belonging) can motivate them to work harder, be more persistent and achieve more. Research by Stanford’s Carol Dweck and others have found that students who were told their brains can change had a “growth mindset” (a belief that their success is based on effort and not talent or IQ) and were more likely to have successful outcomes than those who were not told. Discover how the “Psychology of Mindsets” can help boost academic motivation, persistence and performance and raise student achievement.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Apply the psychological sciences of mindsets and persistence

Use strategies to increase student motivation, learning and performance

Apply mindsets research to change student attitudes, goals and achievement

Teach students about their brains and how this can help them be successful

Use research and interventions to combat bias, prejudice and stereotype threats

Achieve classroom goals by using effort, mistakes and failure to improve learning

Increase student performance through self-efficacy, self-regulation and affirmation

Explore ways mindsets and motivation can help teach math, science and technology

Examine teen social relationships and ways to foster a better sense of belonging

Apply strategies to increase scientific thinking, reasoning and problem solving

Discover strategies for reducing stress and strengthening academic persistence

Connect social-emotional learning, relationships, resilience and reading

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Educators, Parents

Curriculum, Staff Developers

Speech-Language Pathologists

PreK-12 Teachers, Administrators

Learning Specialists, Special Educators

Psychologists, Social Workers, Clinicians

Math, Science, Technology, Reading Teachers

Superintendents, Principals, School Heads

Occupational, College, Career Counselors

College, University, Teen Educators

Educational Therapists, Consultants

Academic Achievement Specialists

Co-Sponsors Include:

School of Education, Stanford University

Building Blocks of Cognition, University of California, Berkeley

The Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley

Lab. of Educational NeuroScience, University of California, San Francisco

Gazzaley Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, University of California, San Francisco

The Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

Mind, Brain and Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Comer School Development Program, Yale University School of Medicine

The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, The Dana Foundation

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)

National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)

Edutopia, The George Lucas Educational Foundation

LEARNING & the BRAIN® Foundation

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

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