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Grit + Growth Mindset

February 22, 2019 By On Course

Grit + Growth Mindset

The individual concepts of Grit and Growth Mindsets are familiar terms in the lexicon of student success. More recently, Hochanadel and Finamore have studied the interplay of these two concepts, encouraging educators  to explore the synergy created when students are provided with the tools to learn how to develop both grit and a growth mindset […]

Filed Under: Creator vs. Victim Mindset, DAPPS Model, Newsletters, Student Success Tagged With: Empower Students, Fork in the Road, Overcoming Obstacles, Persistence, Robin Middleton, Role Model

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