In Other Words: Phrases for Growth Mindset
A Teacher's Guide to Empowering Students through Effective Praise and Feedback
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About The Book
From the authors of the bestselling The Growth Mindset Coach, this handy companion is a must-have if you want to empower students through purposeful praise and feedback. Here are the key strategies, helpful tips and go-to phrases for helping students transition thoughts, words and actions into the growth-mindset zone.
Designed for ease of use and packed with over a hundred specific examples, this book offers a “say this, not that” approach to communication that will help you model and cultivate growth mindset in the classroom. For example:
Fixed Mindset
• You're so smart.
• You’re wrong.
Growth Mindset
• l like how you used different strategies to figure out these problems.
• That didn’t work out for you. How could you approach the problem differently?
About The Authors
Annie Brock is a former high school English teacher, library media specialist, and coauthor of the best-selling book The Growth Mindset Coach. She currently works as a freelance writer and educational technology consultant. Annie has a degree in journalism from Kansas State University and earned her secondary English education credentials from Washburn University. She is also the coauthor of The Growth Mindset Playbook, In Other Words: Phrases for Growth Mindset and My Growth Mindset Journal, and the author of Introduction to Google Classroom.
Heather Hundley is an elementary educator with 12 years of teaching experience. She currently serves as a kindergarten teacher in Kansas. Heather has an elementary education degree from Washburn University and master’s degrees in education and in school leadership from Baker University. She has served as a supervisor for pre-service teachers and as a guest lecturer with Washburn University. Heather was recently nominated for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Product Details
- Publisher: Ulysses Press (May 1, 2018)
- Length: 160 pages
- ISBN13: 9781612437910
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