{"id":59,"date":"2016-12-09T21:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/?p=59"},"modified":"2016-12-10T23:50:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T23:50:36","slug":"growth-mindset-in-math-post-assessment-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/2016\/12\/09\/growth-mindset-in-math-post-assessment-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth Mindset in Math &#8211; Post Assessment Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Growth Mindset in Math &#8211; Post Assessment Discussions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, my grade 11 math studies students wrote a test. This test was on problem-solving and functions. While students were reviewing for the test, things seemed to be running pretty smoothly. They had small hiccups here and there, but ultimately things were looking good. My brain was thinking, &#8220;YES! This test is going to be GREAT!&#8221;. Right?\u00a0<em>Wrong!\u00a0<\/em>The questions I thought were presents wrapped in a bow for students were left blank, students solved for\u00a0<em>x<\/em> when there was no\u00a0<em>x\u00a0<\/em>to solve for. BEDMAS was completely just out of the question!<\/p>\n<p>This was the second test we have had so far. The first test, also did not go so well. After that test I really framed my class discussion as, &#8220;Look everyone, we really have to pull up our socks here.\u00a0There is no other math course in the diploma programme for you to turn to. This is it. It is time to start working&#8221;. Maybe this was a little too threatening for a group of students who have just started in the diploma programme, but it did seem to turn student behaviour and work ethic around at that time.<\/p>\n<p>But this test was different. I watched with my own eyeballs, the students study for this test. This is a group of students that I can assure you have done very little studying for math on their own time in the past. But I saw them after school and during their study halls studying for their math test. I know that my post-test discussion would have to be very different. I decided I need to focus my post-test discussion with this group around &#8220;Growth Mindset in Math&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sLPFaOvhlKw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I started class by playing the following video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sLPFaOvhlKw\">Growth Mindset in Math<\/a>. I then asked the class to discuss with each other why I would select a video like that to start the class. After a minute or so I asked students to share. The first thoughts shared were &#8220;because we all failed the test&#8221;. The class all chuckled and I showed no response to this. And I just kept asking, &#8220;Why else?&#8221;. The responses started to shape into, &#8220;because we aren&#8217;t good at math&#8221;, &#8220;we&#8217;ve built up large barriers for ourselves learning math&#8221;, &#8220;we don&#8217;t give ourselves a chance to be good at math&#8221;, &#8220;we are setting low expectations and low goals for ourselves in math&#8221;. As the conversation progressed, students were becoming more and more invested and engaged in the discussion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/files\/2016\/12\/bryant-growth-mindset-ccs-iStockphoto.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/files\/2016\/12\/bryant-growth-mindset-ccs-iStockphoto-300x225.gif\" alt=\"bryant-growth-mindset-ccs-istockphoto\" width=\"369\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a>We then together sat as a class and discussed the importance of our mindset in our overall success. I let them know that I truly believed that each person in the class\u00a0is capable of being good at math, but they had to start by being okay with themselves for making mistakes and be comfortable with learning from their mistakes. I let the class know I was proud of their efforts that they put into their studying and that I knew those efforts would pay off long-term, even if this test didn&#8217;t quite show that.<\/p>\n<p>I think this put a lot of the student&#8217;s minds at ease. My goal was to keep the students motivated, despite lower than expected results. I followed this up by having the students work in pairs to answer one of the questions that no one was able to answer on the test. The students we able to fully complete this question with minimal guidance. I think this really helped to rebuild confidence within this group of students.<\/p>\n<p>I think this process overall, helped me see the role that teachers play in maintaining motivation and morale among students. We&#8217;ll just have to wait and see how it upholds for our next assessment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growth Mindset in Math &#8211; Post Assessment Discussions Last week, my grade 11 math studies students wrote a test. This test was on problem-solving and functions. While students were reviewing for the test, things seemed to be running pretty smoothly. They had small hiccups here and there, but ultimately things were looking good. My brain &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/2016\/12\/09\/growth-mindset-in-math-post-assessment-discussions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Growth Mindset in Math &#8211; Post Assessment Discussions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-action-plan","category-classroom-reflections","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/sarahregli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}