Why 'Good Effort' isn't Good Enough
General or verbose praise about effort has little meaning, and kids can see right through it. Telling a class that 'everybody put in good...
THE BIG REVEAL: Showing Students How Metacognition Works
THE EXPERT IN YOU When I talk to adults about metacognition, I begin with a broken vacuum cleaner (a picture of it, that is) and ask,...
How One Primary School Put Mindset into Practice
Although I’ve been teaching and leading in schools for more than 20 years, I find this time in education to be the most exciting in terms...
A Mindset for Learning Languages
Learning a language can be daunting—you might say the wrong thing or feel a little foolish—but that’s part of the process! That’s why the...
