Cultivating a Growth Mindset with Educational Technology

The educational programs you use in your schools can help students improve not just their test scores, but their mindset to approaching problems.

A fixed mindset can only take students so far. To succeed in school and beyond, they need to develop intrinsic motivation and a growth mindset. Educators are well aware of this—improving student motivation and engagement have been among the top priorities for district leaders for years.

How can educational technology help develop a growth mindset?

Adaptive educational programs can offer students:

• Agency and the opportunity to take learning risks
• Real-time reinforcement of progress and achievement
• Visual tracking of accumulated knowledge
• Personalized material that challenges and engages
• Opportunities for practice and guided support as needed
• Success they can share in the classroom and at home

Decades of research have demonstrated a student’s mindset is a critical factor impacting how comfortable and motivated they are when posed with a new or difficult problem to solve. By considering the features outlined here when selecting new educational technology and programs, you can support educators as they foster the development of growth mindsets in their students online and offline.

Explore what it means to have a growth mindset and how educational technology can help shape a student’s approach to learning.

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