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I started my education in Erie, Pennslyviana.I attend McDowell High. I would say that we were one of the richer schools were I live. I am going to talk about my first assignment Brainology. I thought it was very interesting and it thought me a lot about how some people have different mindsets.
Also it has showed me what mindset I have. Once you find out your mindset I felt like it opened a lot of doors for me. After reading the article it changed the way I thought in and out of the classroom. Now I try to take more time on my class work to understand it and not just stop doing it because I cant understand it. That’s what people call “Fixed Mindset” There are two different kinds of mindsets that you can have one being fixed mindsets. A person with a fixed mindset believes that you have this much intelligence and that’s it. People with this mindset worry about how much of this fixed intelligence they have. Carol has found that students with this mindset often reject learning opportunities. I found myself doing this in the classes that I didn’t understand. But in the long run it didn’t really help me out too much. Students that have a fixed mindsets and they have a setback in school more students would say that they felt dumb, study less the next time, and consider cheating on the next test. I felt that way about a class last year. I felt that the class was too hard for me. I often found myself struggling in that class. But in reality all I needed to do is read the textbook and I would of learned it. But sometimes it’s not that easy. Carol said, “With the belief that intelligence is fixed it dampened student motivation to learn anything in the classrooms.” I completely agree with what she said. That was exactly how I was last year. When I felt like I was lost or had no clue what we were doing I would just give up. I would sit there and just listen to the rest of the class then just try to do the work at home. Now that you know a little bit about fixed mindsets lets get started with the other mindset “Growth Mindset”. I’m going to tell you how student learn these mindsets. In the 90s parents thought the most important thing that you child should have was self-esteem. But were they messed up is that you cant just hand your kids self-esteem. They took a poll among parents and found that 85% of parents thought that it was necessary to “praise” their children’s abilities to boost confidence. Now were going to talk about growth mindset. These students believe that intelligence is something that can be gained through education and effort. I wish in high school that I would of taken it more serious because now I could have had a growth mindset witch would of helped me out a lot in college. Those students have growth mindsets. They believe that you can gain intelligence through learning. Those with a growth mindset had a very straightforward idea of effort. The idea that the harder you work the greater the outcome is and I think that’s true. When these students had a set back in school they simply just study more or differently next time. That was my biggest set back in high school. Many bright students find grade school fairly easy and get right through it. But later on in life like in college they struggle. They don’t want to put the time into something and feel dumb when they get a bad grade on it. That’s bad because you should never feel dumb about something that you tried your hardest to complete. I hope that this information was helpful and now that you know a little bit about the different mindsets I hope you can find out what mindset you are. Also if you are still a little confused about the different mindsets you can read the whole article Brainology By Carol S. Dweek online.