Is intelligence something we can develop? Or is it something we are born with? Well that is growth verses the fixed! A study was set up and they taught the kids in two different ways. They showed the kids in these workshops that babies have learn things and that they make new connections. They taught them to admit mistakes and over come them. That is how we grow, we grow from these mistakes that we make in life. Carol did a great study between these two groups and teachers of these students could distinguish which children had been to the growth mindset workshops and which students had been to the fixed mindset workshops.
In this podcast Carol Dweck discusses a study that was performed on students in an eight week workshop. In this workshop there were two sets of groups. One group got taught strictly study skills while the other group got taught study skills and the growth mind set. The students that were in the first group of strictly study skills showed little improvement and had much lower grades. The second group who were taught growth mind set came out on top. This group had a better understanding that the brain is a muscle and every time you use this muscle it gets stronger. They learned to apply what they being taught unlike the other group with the "fixed" mind set.
Knowledge of this research will help in the classroom by identifying the characteristics of "Fixed" and "Growth" minded students. Hopefully as a teacher, I can teach the "Growth" mindset to students and motivate them to develop intelligence by studying and passion.
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