In the article Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research by Carol Dweck , a Professor at Stanford University talked about how most students believe that intelligence is a fixed trait . However this isn’t true. She tells us that your brain could get stronger. If someone think that they suck at math, That person won’t make an attempt to get better at it because he/she think they’re not smart enough for it. Parents could help their kid’s brain getting stronger by properly praising them. However, you shouldn’t be praising them solely by their effort. If a child is trying his or her best but they are not making progress and getting everything wrong, you shouldn’t praise them. Doing so would make the child develop a fixed mindset and they would give up.
In the article The Perils of "Growth Mindset Education" , Alfie Kohn disagree with Carol Dweck statements about growth mindset. Alfie Kohn want to fix the school education systems. He believe that teachers should have different ways of teaching their students because everyone learn things differently. According to Dweck , In a growth mindset , people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work , brains and talent are just the starting point. In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities , like their intelligence or talent are only fixed traits. I have a combination of the two. I mostly have a growth mindset , I’m always willing to learn , try new things and take advice's , even outside of school but before this class , I had a fixed mindset math. I used to think that math wasn’t for me and that I just naturally suck at it because I felt like I wasn’t getting better at it. I would study for my Math tests by working on extra problems but still end up failing the test. However , this topic helped me change that mindset.
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