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Dweck’s ‘The Growth Mindset’ postulates that if a student’s intelligence is something that can be improved thru hard work and being challenged, he (she) will only get smarter. And too, she proposes adopting new strategies to learning if effort and challenges fail to work. In Wes Moore’s book The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore (the Rhodes

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

Mark Rose once said in the essay I Just Wanna Be Average, “Students will float to the mark you set.” This quotation means that in order for students to succeed in there academics they need a teacher who will demonstrate to the students that they believe and have faith they will succeed in there class. In order for many students to reach there potential the teacher needs to be supporting and willing to take the time to help there students and give the encouragement they need to succeed. Students are all at different levels so some will “float to the mark” at a faster pace than others, but some will be lazy, and others will drown. Throughout my life education has pushed me to succeed in my future, and has motivated me and many students through the education system.

They had to learn to apply these skills into their schoolwork. The students were unaware of the two separate instructions, after the semester had begun to progress twenty-seven percent of the students in the growth mind-set group had significant motivational changes. Only nine percent in the other group had improved their abilities. You can become smarter it just requires more work, it’s certainly not easy but it can be done. Other similar studies were done and they all had the same results, students that did not normally do well or hand work in on time began doing the work and getting better

Sherry uses an example of this very issue in her essay when she writes about her own son. Sherry’s son, once threatened by a teacher with failing an English class, buckled down, did his schoolwork, and went from a failing grade to getting an A in the class. Some MATC students have openly admitted that they do not really care about their education. They have said they find the teachers boring and they feel that as long as they pass with the minimum grades needed to graduate why try harder. These particular students think that as long as they get their diploma it will not matter that they have only put in the minimal amount of effort necessary to get by. They argue that any future employers that may hire them will never know what their grade point average was or know about the lack of effort they put into school. The high cost of these students’ low expectations will most likely consist of future disappointments and failures for them. People who have low expectations of themselves cost society in many ways. Low expectations tend to foster low achievement. Our economy is becoming increasingly knowledge based. People with low expectations cost time and money. Employers want to hire people who strive to do well in all they do. In life, we all have to do things we do not necessarily like. The question is do we try to do our best no matter what? In a recent article I read, it stated that one school in particular, here in the Midwest, allowed 27%

As forthcoming juniors at South Pointe High School we find ourselves engulfed with nerve wracking questions for the year to come. How much out of class work will we receive and how much time will it take to complete the assignments? Is it possible to tackle a job or sport while being a student of the International baccalaureate program? Will my grades continue to prosper even with additional advanced level classes? However, out of all these questions the utmost critical question asked should be, What kind of qualities do I need to possess in order to be a nonpareil student so that I can gain the attributes of an intelligent and creative future leader of our world tomorrow? As the saying goes, tomorrow starts today. Nonetheless, with the aid

“Every child has a different learning style and pace. Each child is unique, not only capable of learning, but also capable of succeeding.” First of all, what do you think this quote means? To me, this quote encourages kids to work harder in school. What if I told you that there might be another way to get kids to work harder in school? Well, now there is! If kids got paid for good grades, kids might work harder in class. But, should kids be paid for good grades? If you want to find out, I suggest you keep on reading.

Since birth, parents, teachers, and society have always encouraged their children to create, learn, explore, achieve, and live up to their full potential. They are continuously ingrained with the idea that they matter, that they are able to achieve something and become someone. Parents vigorously push their children to excel in school and extracurricular activities, pouring into and guiding them. Their children respond by striving to make their parents proud, often competing with peers to achieve a higher level of success. But what happens when that encouragement is taken away? What is the result when society, teachers, and parents no longer believe that their children are capable, and instead, expect them to fail? What happens when your

In general there are two types of learners with different traits completely different viewpoints on learning. There are individuals with a growth mindset and individuals with a fixed mindset. A person who contains a fixed mindset believes that they have limitations in learning and completely unacknowledged their weaknesses. While the growth learners believe their learning ability is unlimited and they can improve their weak areas. Personally, I learn more towards the growth mindset side and there are certain things I have a fixed mindset on.

Even though one fails, it is never worth giving anything up for by the virtue of viewing the potential success they could obtain with more effort. Over the years, people that obtain a high-income job had to work to earn the positions they retained to this day. Overcoming obstacles in their way, those problems faced held a solution to the issue. Ultimately, they are conquering the issue that was delaying the person from reaching their goal. Dweck's article expresses the idea that students lack in putting an effort in retaining one to motivate them in order to strive for success. “We found that intelligence praise encouraged a fixed mindset more often than did pats on the back for effort ”(25), making the other students feel horrible about themselves for not being as bright. “In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame” (22) Students need the support from their parents and or guardians to want to continue to strive in pushing forward for a future. Without the support, student astray from succeeding in

From the first day of kindergarden, you're taught that education is one of the few things that will get you somewhere in life, but you're not told how difficult it will be to overcome those steps in life. You're told that if you work hard enough you will get what you want,or what you desire, but you not taught how to become an adult in the cruel world that is right behind your walls.

Develop a growth mindset. The greatest barrier to learning is often not what the student knows, but what the teacher expects of the student.

My summer as a Breakthrough Teaching Fellow was inspiring and educational. This program enlightened me of some of the most tedious and challenging aspects of teaching, one of which is assessing growth and success. For me, these two terminologies are nearly synonymous. As an educator, I will have students with an array of initial academic performance and achievement. I envision that my classroom success will be measured, not solely by every students ability to regurgitate factoids on command, but by the students ability to actively see marginal growth in theirselves. It is my experience that when working with students that are plagued by the achievement gap, which i refer to as the opportunity gap, many not only lack various skills for academia,

My journey to my education started a long ago. It all started in the first grade when I had a setback and struggled in trying to learn how to read. The setback aspired me to work hard to achieve my goal in learning how to read. I knew that I had a growth mindset because according to Dweck “Those with a growth mindset reported that, after a setback in school, they would simply study more or study differently next time” (Dweck2). In other words, Dweck believes that those with a growth mindset want to learn and don’t want to give up.

I would have to agree with Adam Robinson claims, “Attitude is critical difference between smart students and their classmates.” I believe you have to have a positive attitude towards learning to be able to actually learn.