Growth Mindset
Improving Your Mindset, Improving Your Learning
Agenda
-Current views of mindset
-What does mindset really mean?
-Different types of mindsets
II. Examples of the two mindsets
-Growth mindset-text passage page
-Fixed mindset-text passage page
III. Applying new mindset to your own learning
-How do you think you can change your mindset?
-Examples given of five ways to improve mindset
Introduction: What mindset do you have?
1. How do children respond to challenges they might face? (Does it encourage them or discourage them)
2. What role do you think thinking (positively or negatively) plays in their accomplishments?
3. What does the phrase "growth mindset" mean to you?
Mindset: The belief that a change in thinking can affect a persons ability to succeed.
Fixed Mindset: A way of thinking that is based on the assumption that ability to learn and succeed are set traits and cannot be improved.
Example: A student receives a bad grade on an exam and is discouraged by it, feeling like they should give up.
Associated Traits: Once they are criticized they show characteristics of low self esteem and pessimism, but when things are going well for them they are content with themselves.
Growth Mindset: A way of thinking that revolves around the belief that one can grow from mistakes and can improve their intellect to succeed no matter how they began.
Example: A student receives a bad grade on an exam and feels the desire to work harder until they improve.
Associated Traits: They feel the desire to work harder and they feel determined by criticism.
(Dweck Chapter 2)
Mindsets: Examples
"CEO Disease" (Page 20)
What kind of mindset is this an example of? FIXED. Fixed mindsets encourage the powerful leaders of companies to believe that they are invincible and that they don't constantly don't need to work hard and be innovative.
Mindset and Sports (Page 85-86)
What kind of mindset is this an example of? GROWTH. As important as a growth mindset is in academics, it is also important for success in other aspects of life, such as athletics. Michael Jordan did not allow failure to prevent him from working towards his goals.
Puzzling Behavior? (Page 23)
What kind of mindset is this an example of? BOTH. This shows both the growth and fixed mindsets. The children with the growth mindsets thrived on the more difficult problems and wanted more. The children with the fixed mindsets hated the harder puzzles and wanted to give up. This shows that even children have qualities that distinguish their thinking habits.
Changing Your Mindset
-Fair discipline: Children need some sort of discipline but it must be fair/well-thought out for growth mindset to be practiced. This discipline will encourage open communication and mature decision making for the long-term. (Dweck 188)
-Praise: Praise only should be given to children who show they work hard, rather than praise simply given because of a child's overall intelligence but lack of work ethic. Praise for work ethic encourages the growth mindset. (Dweck 177)
-Encouraging learning from challenges: Children should learn to question why setbacks occur and use them for their benefit in the future. (Dweck 215)
-Controlled confidence: Giving a child confidence can cause the child's learning to suffer as they will either feel like they do not need to study to learn or prevent them from dealing fully with challenges. (Dweck 176)
The Effect of Praise on Mindset
Citations:
Dweck, Carol S. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House, 2006.
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