Math, Mindset, Equity, and etc.

This page is dedicated to videos and articles that I have found or people have sent me related to Mindset, Grit, Equity, and other ideas about learning.  More to come…

MINDSET

Start Here with this Carol Dweck video.  From there you can fish around.  I have also linked a couple of my favorites.

Carol Dweck on “yet…”

And some other good ones…

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDVd-nCEYc Discovering the importance of mindset – Dweck
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4byN4kGVy8E&list=PLA9F316830BDAA826 Dedication and practice – Dweck
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICILzbB1Obg Great interview with Dweck about an intervention to use mindset in the classroom to motivate students and optimize growth.

Overcoming ANXIETY – Here is a nice article that ties in with Growth Mindset and how to help overcome anxiety in students.

EXPERT PERFORMANCE

and Here is the article by Ericsson that kicked off the ‘10,000 hours’ idea.

This guy critiques the popular 10,000 hours idea.  Unwittingly, he is just reinforcing what Ericson says in his work.  The practice one engages in must be Deliberate and Meaningful.  But it’s worth the read.

Go Pack: Here is an op-ed piece that our department head (Paola Sztajn) and our assistant dean (Michael Maher) wrote about colleges of education: The fallacy of mediocrity