Student Beliefs

Students' analysis of their academic achievement has one of the highest effect scores: 1.44
Effective analysis of academic achievement centers on the student's self-efficacy: the confidence that they can learn. Teachers help students predict what they can achieve and then help them to achieve a bit more so they start to get a growth mindset; a belief that they can change and learn.

Resources

New evidence that students' beliefs about their brains drive learning - https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-evidence-that-students-beliefs-about-their-brains-drive-learning/
- A growth mindset is the belief that one's capabilities can change and grow. Students with a growth mindset learn more in a year than students without a growth mindset.
Student beliefs that can change everything - https://www.teachthought.com/learning/2-student-beliefs-can-change-everything/
- Students who believe these two statements are 30 times more likely to be emotionally engaged in school.
  - My school is committed to building the strengths of each student.
  - I have at least one teacher who makes me excited about the future.

Data Sources – Below are tools you can use to help determine what students believe.

High School Survey of Student Engagement
- http://www.tlc-mtss.com/assets/hssse_forresearch.pdf
Measuring Student Engagement in Upper Elementary and High School: A Review of 21 Instruments
- http://www.tlc-mtss.com/assets/engagement-scales-review.pdf