A mindset is a view you have on yourself as a learner, and this view affects the way you put effort towards learning. There are two very important mindsets each person is defined as. There is having a growth mindset, and having a fixed Someone with a growth mindset believes intelligence can be developed throughout time. Someone with a fixed mindset believes that intelligence is a fixed trait. Dr. Carol Dweck is a psychologist at Stanford University. In the article, Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research , Carol Dweck Says (Carol Dweck), Dweck believes that your mindset was formed when you were a lot younger and it has been affecting the way you learn ever since. She argues, “adults can, instead, help foster a "growth mindset" – the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work.” I agree with Dr. Carol Dweck because I always used to get good grades on my tests, but was not being told the right things due to that the failure hurt me dramatically.
It started off freshmen year of high school. I was in my advanced math class, and the class was going easy. I was also doing very well on the tests, and I was always being told my professor that I was very smart. My peers would look at me and say,”Wow Defrim you are really smart always get perfect scores”. Dweck says, “it's harmful to tell your kids that they're smart because when they eventually do struggle in school, they might think they're not so smart after all. Ultimately, they become afraid of challenges and less resilient when faced with obstacles”. That is exactly what was occurring here. I was being told very “fixed minded” words. As time went by we kept taking test, and I kept being told I was smart. I felt very good about myself, and wasn't afraid of taking test. Failing never crossed my mind. One day I received a test and I had gotten a 64 percent. When I received this I felt as if there was a mistake. This can not be my test. This has to be a joke. Students found out that I got a 64 and they stopped looking up to me like they used too. This dropped my self esteem and the way i felt about the class very low. I did not want to come back to class. Few days later we had another test, and when I received it the thought of me failing again was in my head. Again I failed the test. Before I was not scared to take tests, but now I was petrified. The thought of failing was always on my mind, and I became an awful test taker. Every test I got I would always fail and do bad on it due to this. That is why I believe the way you praise a kid can go a long way to his future. Dweck suggests using phrases such as, “Wow, you really practiced that, and look how you've improved." "See, you studied more and your grade on this test is higher." "You tried different strategies and you figured out how to solve the problem." "You stuck to this and now you really understand it". Phrases like these put a student in the right attitude to keep wanting to learn, and achieve more. Also, they will understand that from failure you just learn, and it makes easier for next time around. Therefore this is why I agree with Carol Dweck that teachers, parents, and others have to use the proper language to help a child get that growth mindset. With a growth mindset you can achieve more, and strive for more because of your willingness to gain more knowledge. The most powerful tool you have in your body is your mind. Therefore, I choose My ability and competence grow with my effort (Growth Mindset) as to be the most important mindset to achieve academic success. If you are willing to increase your academic knowledge you will be better than the student next to you. How do you look at failure? Failure is a step forward not a step backwards. If you fail you learn, and do better the next time. Will there be a next time? That's all on you. You can answer that questions once you fail. The fear of failure is what stops people from their dreams. We come up with excuses to make it alright. Most people want to do things they can do well. Someone with a growth mindset will just keep learning no matter how boring or how electrifying. Don't wait for the opportunity to learn and get better. It can be pain full it will be uncomfortable but that's where the growth happen. You are a human. Not a tree, not a dog, and you are not a bus. You have control of changing your life. Millions of people will leave this place without us knowing who they were. They take their inventions to the grave. Its your stuff. Get better, learn, and do not be afraid to ask questions. You have to say "yes!" to homework, to books, to professors, and to your dreams. By willing to learn you will become stronger than the others. Don't let failure scare you. It is easier to watch and see greatness. That's why you average. Nothing changes about you. Don't be average. Be phenomenal, and pick up the books and get on the knowledge grind. This isn't for everyone. This is for people who are willing to grow and gain more knowledge. Run after your destiny, and don't let failure be a step backward make it a Step Forward.
In the article, Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research , Carol Dweck Says (Carol Dweck), Carol Dweck shows us how a child becomes a fixed learner because of what is happening around them. Parents shouldn't always tell their children and praise the on how smart they are because it is going to hurt them in the end. In a similar article, The Perils of "Growth Mindset Education" [...] (Alfie Kohn), Alfie Kohn takes us on a similar journey on how we should change the system. We should fix the system and not try to fix the kids. They need to be on their own don't praise them by what they always do well. Let them go through mistakes because mistakes its how will make them better. A fixed mindset is someone who is set on they know it all, and does not like to show any signs of weakness. They don't ask any questions. A growth mindset is someone who is determined to get it done, and will do anything to do it. They always stay sharping the saw. They love gaining knowledge, and try to be the best. As for me depending on my academic environment I believe I have a growth mindset. I just want to gain knowledge and get smarter. Knowledge is power. A key factor that steps in here is motivation. Are you motivated enough to get the work done? Are you willing to give up hours of your free time to become smarter? You have to be able to be on top of your game at all time. People with growth mindsets sacrifice more, and due to that they achieve more. People with a growth mindset see themselves as a seed just placed under soil. They look at water as knowledge. A seed needs water to grow, and we need knowledge to grow. You can always gain more knowledge. Knowledge doesn't have a limit, so go out there and have a growth mindset. Grow and be the best.
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