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Learning Together About Academic Abilities (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > Overview & Tools
Convene a follow-up in-service session about how to teach students that abilities are expandable using these suggested activities. Related Media and Files: Learning Together About Academic...
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Tool
Teacher Self-Reflection: Teach Ability Is Expandable
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > Overview & Tools
Use this self-reflection worksheet to guide teachers’ understanding of messages and instructional strategies that may affect students’ beliefs about their abilities in math and science.
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Learning Together About Academic Abilities (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > Overview & Tools
Convene a school in-service session about how teachers can help students develop accurate and positive perceptions of math and science abilities using these suggested activities. Related Media and...
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Tool
Classroom Reading: You Can Grow Your Intelligence
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > See How It Works
This classroom reading used at Green Valley Elementary School summarizes the research evidence supporting the claim that the brain can develop and change throughout life. Related Files: Green...
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Sample Material
Instilling Confidence
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > See How It Works
A high school associate principal discusses strategies to encourage girls in science classrooms. This interview highlights the need to provide students with opportunities to demonstrate their...
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School Example
Two Mindsets
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > See How It Works
Nigel Holmes designed this diagram, based on the research of Carol Dweck, to describe how students with growth and fixed mindsets may respond to challenges, successes, failure, and criticism in...
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Sample Material
Helping Students Learn From Mistakes
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > See How It Works
An elementary school math teacher describes a schoolwide effort to teach students that they can expand their abilities through hard work and effort. The schoolwide approach entails professional...
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School Example
3-D Spatial Skills for Secondary Students (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > Learn What Works
Dr. Sheryl Sorby provides suggestions for teaching spatial skills. Related Files: 3-D Spatial Skils for Secondary Students (Part 1) (Video)
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Expert Interview
3-D Spatial Skills for Secondary Students (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > Learn What Works
Dr. Sorby defines spatial skills and describes how they are used in everyday living, K-12 education, and professional careers. Related Media and Files: 3-D Spatial Skills for Secondary Students...
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Expert Interview
Teaching Spatial Skills to Girls
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > Overview & Tools
This overview describes some of the gender differences in test performance; ways in which spatial skills are used in school, careers, and normal life; and approaches to teaching spatial skills.
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Overview
Instructional Methods That Spark Curiosity (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Sparking Curiosity > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Jon Star talks about strategies to spark students’ curiosity. What are the little and the bigger things that teachers can do in math and science lessons? Related...
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Expert Interview
Instructional Methods That Spark Curiosity (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Sparking Curiosity > Learn What Works
Dr. Jon Star discusses interest as a development process. Instructional activities that may spark children's curiosity can be the basis for a sustained individual interest later in...
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Expert Interview
