Fostering a growth mindset in a mathematics content course
Location
Gas Building #3
Session Information
Research-reporting session
Abstract of proposed session
Mindset has been a "hot topic" over the last few years. Encouraging students to foster a growth mindset can lead to students not giving up when faced with a challenging problem, which ties in directly to SMP #1. Participants will engage in mindset activities, learn how mindset activities impacted former students, and discuss how you might use mindset activities with your students.
Keywords
mindset, preservice teachers, mathematics
Start Date
10-16-2019 11:20 AM
End Date
10-16-2019 11:45 AM
Recommended Citation
Eisenreich, Heidi, "Fostering a growth mindset in a mathematics content course" (2019). Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (GAMTE) Annual Conference. 6.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gamte/2019/2019/6
Fostering a growth mindset in a mathematics content course
Gas Building #3
Mindset has been a "hot topic" over the last few years. Encouraging students to foster a growth mindset can lead to students not giving up when faced with a challenging problem, which ties in directly to SMP #1. Participants will engage in mindset activities, learn how mindset activities impacted former students, and discuss how you might use mindset activities with your students.