This Is Your Brain on a Test

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/nurtureshock/archive/2009/12/15/this-is-your-brain-on-a-test.aspx

Carol Dweck, researcher at Stanford (formerly at Columbia), wrote about the Growth and Fixed mindset in her terrific book Mindset http://www.mindsetonline.com./

In the study mentioned on the Nurture Shock blog on Newsweek.com, Po Bronson renames the Growth mindset Knowledge-Hungry and the Fixed mindset Grade-Hungry. The Knowledge-Hungry learners were open to learning from their mistakes. Developing this perspective can help students and their teachers and parents to address the "non-instruction" part of learning and teaching.

Master Teacher Mindset by Robyn Jackson

Jackson outlines strategies for teachers and students to enhance learning and maximize student potential and performance. Her philosophy incorporates key ideas from Mindset by Carol Dweck and The Art and Science of Teaching by Robert Marzano.

Here are her seven principles:

Start where your students are
Know where your students are going
Expect to get your students to their goal
Support your students along the way
Use feedback to help you and your students get better
Focus on quality rather than quantity
Never work harder than your students