Tag: instructional strategies

• Free eBook: G Words – 20 Strategies for Fostering Grit and Growth Mindset

  

  Hi all, After months of drafting, adding, and re-writing, I’ve finally finished a collection of strategies I’ve used to help cultivate grit and growth mindset in thousands of students.  This beefy 60 pager is free for anyone, no strings attached.  Just click on the link below (or the “free ebook” menu option). Below the image is…

  Chase Mielke

  March 4, 2016

  Education, Goal-setting, Learning, Motivation, Positivity, Psychology, Resource Review, School, Teaching, Teaching methods

  grit, growth mindset, instructional strategies, teaching

• 7 Ninja Moves for Increasing Academic Risk-Taking

  

  We sometimes find ourselves in a culture of product-based praise. The A’s, the high test scores, the right answers: These are our educational celebrities. But we lose ​sight of the process, the effort, the risk it takes learners to achieve those great scores and grade point averages. In doing so, the message is sent: The product is…

  Chase Mielke

  June 22, 2015

  Education, Learning, Motivation, School, Teaching, Teaching methods

  instructional strategies, learning, motivation

• How Academic Risk-Taking Dies in the Classroom

  

  Picture a baby. A fresh one. Straight out of the womb. It’s probably making a bunch of noise. It’s probably gross looking (let’s be honest: this whole “cute newborn” thing is a myth). Despite the grossness of this baby, it came into the world wired with a certain skill set. On a résumé, this baby…

  Chase Mielke

  May 16, 2015

  Education, Learning, Motivation, Psychology, School, Teaching

  instructional strategies, learning, motivation, risk, teaching