How Inquiry Pedagogy Enables Teachers to Facilitate Growth Mindsets in Mathematics Classrooms

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O'Brien, Mia
Makar, Katie
Fielding-Wells, Jill
Hillman, Jude
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2015
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Growth mindsets are vital for effective lifelong learning. Students with growth mindsets are
more willing to learn new things, take risks, and embrace challenges. Students with fixed
mindsets have limiting beliefs about their abilities, and will attribute success in learning to
factors beyond their control. Inquiry in mathematics classrooms may have the potential to
facilitate growth mindsets. This paper provides an analysis of inquiry mathematics in a
primary classroom and reflects upon its potential to foster growth mindsets in classrooms.Growth mindsets are vital for effective lifelong learning. Students with growth mindsets are
more willing to learn new things, take risks, and embrace challenges. Students with fixed
mindsets have limiting beliefs about their abilities, and will attribute success in learning to
factors beyond their control. Inquiry in mathematics classrooms may have the potential to
facilitate growth mindsets. This paper provides an analysis of inquiry mathematics in a
primary classroom and reflects upon its potential to foster growth mindsets in classrooms.
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Mathematics Education in the Margins: Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
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Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development