Teaching a Growth Mindset

Growth mindset lesson plan

An effective way to communicate a growth mindset can be to devote a formal lesson to it. Of course, there are many ways to do so. Here, we provide a sample growth mindset lesson plan.

Khan Academy

This lesson plan was created as a collaboration with Khan Academy alongside middle school classrooms. Each activity can easily be adapted or edited to fit your classroom.

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