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Building Resiliencefor School & Life
SuccessA presentation by Dr.Bruce Ferguson of Sick
Kids Hospital
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MINDSEHo! can !e "elpstudents #AN to
learn$
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So%e &uestions'
#"at kinds of attitudes andbe"a(iours "inder a student)slearning$
#"at c"allenges do %any students"a(e !it"in t"e classroo%$
#"y do so%e kids refuse to doAN* !ork$
#"y do so%e kids refuse your"elp$
Etc.$$$$$
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Carol S. Dweck+,rof of ,ysc"ology at
Stanford- S"e says to START WHERE
THEY ARE /
"ey are doing !"at t"ey can!it" !"at t"ey "a(e0!"att"ey belie(e deter%ines t"eirperfor%ance.
"ere are 1 kinds ofpersonality %indsets' 23edand gro!t"
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Fi3ed Mindset
Believe they are just the way they areAvoid challenges
Get blocked by obstacles
Avoid efort and hard work Ignore criticism valid or not
Feel threatened by the success o
others I they have to W!" at something#
that is evidence that they aren$t smart
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4ro!t" Mindset
Believe they can learn andim%rove
&mbrace 'hallenges (ersist even with setbacks
)ee efort as useul or growth
Acce%t and learn rom criticism
Ins%ired by successes o others
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"n school# $"%ED
"'DSETS(are concerned !it" "o! s%art t"ey are+!"et"er t"ey "a(e been told t"ey ares%art or not-
prefer tasks t"ey can already do !ell ortake t"e easy !ay out
a(oid tasks !"ere t"ey %ay %ake
%istakes and not look s%arta(oid e5orts because t"ey t"ink it isconnected to failure
#ant neat and clean ans!ers
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"n school# )R*WTH
"'DSETS(belie(e in an 6e3pandable6 or 6gro!t"6t"eory of intelligence
!ant to c"allenge t"e%sel(es
!ant to increase t"eir abilities7 e(en ift"ey fail at 2rst
!ill try because t"ey belie(e e5ort is a
positi(e t"ingdon)t %ind !orking t"roug" confusions or%uddy areas
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D!eck)s Study'
89!eek inter(ention progra% :ontrol group learned study skills
Anot"er group "ad study skills ;
"o! to ust t!o %ont"s0studentsfro% t"e 1nd group7 co%pared tot"e control group7 s"o!ed
%arked i%pro(e%ent in grades
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)row+h can ,e+augh+-learned
*)tudy skills and learningskills are inert until
they$re %owered by anactive ingredient+)tudents may know how
to study# but won$t wantto i they believe theireforts are utile+,
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So7 "o! can !eencouarge a gro!t"%indset$ In t"e sa%e !ay you !ouldn)t
call a student