“Change your thoughts and you change

your world.”
- Norman Vincent Peale

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Growth
Mindset and
Goal Setting
Keyla Santisteban
11/16/2022
Learning
Objectives
Participants will:
• Identify and apply the concepts of fixed
mindset and growth mindset.
• Explore the impact of mindset on Goal
Setting
• Strategies to implementing growth
mindset and Goals.
• Build awareness of fostering a positive
mindset and accessing resources.

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Reflection:
▪ Think about a time when you
failed? (This could be a test, a
class or anything in life.)
▪ What was it?
▪ How did you respond to it?
▪ Did you try to do it again?
▪ Why or why not?

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The Power of Mindset
and Goal-setting
 Fixed Mindset Versus Growth
Mindset
Alternatively, in a growth
In a fixed mindset, people
mindset, people have an
believe their qualities are fixed
underlying belief that their
traits and therefore cannot
learning and intelligence
change. These people
can grow with time and
document their intelligence
experience. When people
and talents rather than
believe they can become
working on them to develop
smarter, they realize that
and improve them. They also
their effort influences their
believe that talent alone leads
success, so they put in
to success, and effort is not
extra time, leading to
required.
higher achievement.

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How do we change out mindset?

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Mindsets Can
Change!
• Good News! Rigorous research also shows
that mindsets can change.
• When behaviors and actions are led with a
Growth Mindset, people achieve
greater results.
• Research has suggested that a growth
mindset drives motivation and
achievement.1
• When people believe they can improve
their abilities, they understand that effort
makes them stronger. This encourages
them to put in more time and effort,
leading to higher achievement
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 Creating an Action
Plan
Let’s apply today’s learnings to ourselves now.

Open and Make a copy of the file, “Growth

Mindset: Creating Your Own Action Plan” in our
Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CoPlFfRGrkfpjgtM7
s7-mzAMFbIIYnlxxpwvQos3iq4/edit?usp=sharing

Then identify at least 2-goals and how you will go

about achieving that goal.

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Strategies and Tips to fostering
growth mindset-based goals
Seek feedback
Harness the
power of ‘yet’ 
Learn something
new

Identify your own Make mistakes 

mindset. Be kind to yourself
Look at your own Look at examples 
improvements.
Set realistic goals
Review the
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Resources
Books
Dweck, C. (2016). Mindset: The new psychology of success.
Penguin Random Hofuse, New York, New York.

Major, C. H., Harris, M. S., & Zakrajsek, T. (2016). Teaching

for learning: 101 intentionally designed educational
activities to put students on the path to success. Taylor &
Francis, New York, New York.

McGuire, S.Y. (2015). Teach students how to learn:

Strategies you can incorporate into any course to improve
student metacognition, study skills, and motivation. Stylus
Publishing, Sterling,Virginia.

Websites
https://www.mindsetkit.org/topics/about-growth-mindset/
what-is-growth-mindset
http://mindsetscholarsnetwork.org/