How might implementing consistent Growth Mindset lessons help accelerate second grade intervention students' reading growth?
Christina McNulty
Seminar Title
How might implementing consistent Growth Mindset lessons help accelerate second grade intervention students' reading growth?
Concept/Strategy
Focus of the Research
Growth Mindset
Grade Level
Research Was Applied
2nd Grade
Relevant Grade Level
Connections
Elementary
Discipline
Where Research Was Applied
Reading
Additional Discipline Areas
I see Application to
All Disciplines
Invitation/Commercial
“This is too hard.” “I can’t do it.” “I give up.” As teachers, we have heard students say phrases like this every day. As a reading intervention teacher, I often have students with a fixed mindset who are very aware of their struggles and don’t persevere when school gets challenging. My goal was to see if educating second grade intervention students about growth mindset consistently for eight weeks as well as creating a growth mindset learning environment would have a positive impact on their personal mindset and their reading growth. Due to Covid, my school district started in a hybrid learning model and moved to distance learning, which meant my students had 50% of the reading intervention time they would get in a non-Covid school year. Despite this, 91% of my students made or exceeded the expected reading growth. During my session, I hope you will be inspired by the power of mindset and leave with ideas of ways to implement growth mindset into all areas of the classroom.