Status Updates From Teaching Kids to Thrive: Es...

“Until students believe they have some measure of influence over their future, they see no need to continue striving.”

“Perseverance is not merely goal setting or problem solving. Nor is it just being willing to go the extra mile. Perseverance is the ability to see a long-range goal, set the goal, define the steps, work toward each step, and deal with obstacles and setbacks as they arise.”

“The good news is research indicates that perseverance is a malleable quality and certainly worth the effort to help develop in students despite their academic success or risk factors. Every one of our students - affluent, middle class, and poverty stricken - will encounter adversity in his or her lifetime.”

“Questions like ‘How did you reach that conclusion?’ ‘What is another possible answer?’ and ‘Walk me through your process’ help to deepen student learning and build growth mindset.”

“Having self-efficacy, planning and taking action, reflecting on learning, and having a growth mindset are all instrumental to student success. Researchers refer to this composite set of essential skills as agency.”

“It has proven beneficial for teachers to talk with students about the parts of their brains and how they work.”

“Current research points out that environmental factors such as poverty, trauma, violence, abnormal stress, drugs, alcohol, and parental neglect can greatly impede the brain’s maturation and normal growth of executive function.”

enjoying it so far except for the fact that they keep using the word thrive / thriving & capitalizing it EVERY TIME THEY DO SO and it’s so distracting from the message lol 😬😬