To learn more about children’s sense of self, take a look at these resources:
Developing a Growth Mindset with Carol Dweck (Video)
Growth Mindset Praise & Feedback (Parent Tool)
Having Just One Black Teacher Can Keep Black Kids In School (Article)
Math Stereotypes (I-LABS Module)
National Center for Women & Information Technology – K-12 (Organization)
National Girls Collaborative Project (Organization)
Science in Action: I-LABS at Pacific Science Center (Interactive Exhibit)
STEM for All: How We Can Engage Everyone in STEM (Infographic)
Research Labs with resources for parents and educators:
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- Academic sense of self
- how a person thinks of themself as a student
- Bias
- the belief that some people or ideas are better than others, usually resulting in unfair treatment
- BIPOC
- Black, Indigenous, people of color
- Conscious
- thoughts or feelings that we are aware of
- Growth mindset
- the belief that, with effort, you can learn and achieve new things.
- In-group preference
- the tendency to form close relationships with others in a person’s same groups
- Self-esteem
- a cluster of characteristics, such as feeling confident, having pride in oneself, and a sense of self-worth
- Sense of self
- how a person thinks and feels about their self
- Stereotype
- a widespread belief that a person must have a trait because they belong to a particular group
- Unconscious
- thoughts or feelings that we are unaware of