Mental Growth
English 201 A
February 8, 2013
Mental Growth
Learning is really hard for me because I give up too soon on things I don’t know. I always thought education was not meant for me, so I just gave up. Do you ever feel this way too? In the article Developing Growth Mindsets: How Praise Can Harm, and How to Use it Well Carol Dweck builds on Benjamin Barber statement that the world is divided into learners and non-learners. So which are you? A learner or non-learner? Do you have a fixed mindset or do you have a growth mind set? It’s okay if you don’t know which you are. I have a hard core fixed mindset. All I think about is getting a good grade, and if I don’t get that grade, I want I make the quick judgment that I was not born to know the subject. My mindset changed when I read Developing Growth Mindsets: How Praise Can Harm, and How to Use it Well. I learned that people can change their mindsets from fixed to growth mindsets if they want. I decided that I want to change my mindset to growth mindset, and since the day I have changed it from a fixed to a growth mindset. I have grown in many ways, especially in my learning and in my everyday life. Different mindsets can change people lives for better or for worse. Most people have developed a fixed mindset because they don’t want people to tell them that they are not good at something, but there are 4 in 10 people who have growth mindsets and are open to new learning experiences.
Dweck claims there are two types of mindsets. The first one is a fixed mindset which is when people believe that intelligence is a fixed trait, meaning that they believe that they have a certain amount of intelligence and that amount can’t change. The second one is a growth mindset, which is opposite to a fixed mindset. People with a growth mindset believe that they can grow and develop their intelligence. They also believe that intelligence is not a genetic trait , but it is acquired through education and learning how to accomplish a
February 8, 2013
Mental Growth
Learning is really hard for me because I give up too soon on things I don’t know. I always thought education was not meant for me, so I just gave up. Do you ever feel this way too? In the article Developing Growth Mindsets: How Praise Can Harm, and How to Use it Well Carol Dweck builds on Benjamin Barber statement that the world is divided into learners and non-learners. So which are you? A learner or non-learner? Do you have a fixed mindset or do you have a growth mind set? It’s okay if you don’t know which you are. I have a hard core fixed mindset. All I think about is getting a good grade, and if I don’t get that grade, I want I make the quick judgment that I was not born to know the subject. My mindset changed when I read Developing Growth Mindsets: How Praise Can Harm, and How to Use it Well. I learned that people can change their mindsets from fixed to growth mindsets if they want. I decided that I want to change my mindset to growth mindset, and since the day I have changed it from a fixed to a growth mindset. I have grown in many ways, especially in my learning and in my everyday life. Different mindsets can change people lives for better or for worse. Most people have developed a fixed mindset because they don’t want people to tell them that they are not good at something, but there are 4 in 10 people who have growth mindsets and are open to new learning experiences.
Dweck claims there are two types of mindsets. The first one is a fixed mindset which is when people believe that intelligence is a fixed trait, meaning that they believe that they have a certain amount of intelligence and that amount can’t change. The second one is a growth mindset, which is opposite to a fixed mindset. People with a growth mindset believe that they can grow and develop their intelligence. They also believe that intelligence is not a genetic trait , but it is acquired through education and learning how to accomplish a