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

Mia O'Brien, Jill Fielding-Wells, Katie Makar, Jude Hillman

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-476
JournalMathematics education in the margins (Proceedings of the 38th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia)
Publication statusPublished - 2015
EventMERGA 38: 38th Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia - University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Australia
Duration: 28 Jun 20152 Jul 2015

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