Growth Mindset

13 videos

Developing Metacognition

A primary teacher notes the usefulness of mini-plenaries and learning partners.

Learning from mistakes

Less focussed on outcomes than process, this teacher believes that learning from mistakes helps to build resilience a...

Design and make

Very efffective learning partners engage in a design and make exercise to create a smoke alarm.

Design, make and evaluate

As learning partners begin construction, they select tools and materials.

Design: choosing resources

Prior to a design and make activity to make as smoke alarm, the teachers shows the class possible resoucres.

Design: Smoke Alarm

Encouraging thinking skills and growth mindset, this sequence links a design and make acivity to a whoe term class pr...

Design: Growth Mindset

The teacher encourages children to devise and make some sort of alarm.

Raising standards for lower achieving pupils

Patricia Broadfoot reveals how formative assessment raises GCSE standards by, on average, two grades.

Performing better dances

Year 3 children are working on a desert theme inspired by an Egyptians theme.

Parents supporting schools

A primary deputy headteacher responds to two prompts.

Working scientifically: "We've done it"

There is a moment of complete delight as these learning partners construct their successful circuit.

Negotiating success criteria

Paul Black talks about the importance of negotiating success criteria with pupils.

Growth mindset

Mick Waters talks about developing children with growth mindsets.