What’s the difference between growth mindset and fixed mindset? Both mindsets are vastly different. One considers intelligence to be already set and the other believes that intelligence can grow. Here is a brief description and a couple of examples that explain and differentiate the two.
A growth mindset and a fixed mindset are vastly different. People with a growth mindset believes that we can grow our intelligence while someone with a fixed mindset believes we were born with a certain amount of intelligence Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset. One values effort, learning and if set back works harder. Someone with a fixed mindset does not value effort, wants to look smart instead of going through the process of learning. Someone with a fixed mindset also gives up when a setback occurs. Studies have shown that someone with a growth mindset does better in school rather than someone with a fixed mindset. One study in particular shows that in certain situations someone with a growth mindset acts differently from someone with a fixed mindset. Scientists brought in a group of people to fill out and complete a test. When the test was completed and the answers were given it showed that the people with a growth mindset looked at the tests of students that did better as a way to gain more information from the test. The students with a fixed mindset look at the tests score of the students that did worse. When the instructor went over the answers the students with the growth mindset paid attention to what the answers were and the information about the answers, but the students with the fixed mindset zoned out after having already received the answers. Another study was conducted with rats in empty cages versus rats in stimulating, challenging cages and the rats in the challenging cages were more active and productive, How Growth Mindset Leads to Higher Achievement. There’s also the information about London taxi drivers whose hippocampus might be larger than a majority of other people because of “The Knowledge” taxi driver test, Growth Mindset: Studies Showing the Brain is Malleable. This test makes them memorize and know every single street in London. There was also the story about a group of students in the pottery class where the class was split in half. One half worked on one very detailed pot and the other half worked on just putting out as many pots as possible. When the teacher brought in pottery experts they said that the ones that worked on doing a large number of pots had the better ones because they made each pot creatively differently and expanded their mind doing so. Lastly the stories of John Legend, John Legend: Success Through Effort and the woman with the interests in robotics Student Success Stories. John Legend who worked for so many years to get a record deal and the woman who loved robotics who had a dream to work for NASA, but was told that she wasn’t good enough. Their perseverance made by John Legend, who worked for many years and nearly a decade without getting a record deal to now becoming one of the top music artists in the country and then there was the woman who loved robotics and worked her whole life to get to the point of where she is right now who is a person that IS now working for NASA. Having a fixed mindset isn’t predetermined. Mindsets can change and adapting a growth mindset can help students do better in school. When you have a growth mindset you are willing to learn and try new things. Sometimes people are afraid to try something new are afraid of making these mistakes. Learning these new things effectively means you need to make more mistakes. If you’re not making mistakes then you’re not trying hard enough, Why You Need to Fail to Succeed. Keep working because the more you work the more you can expand your mind,On Being Creative . If you keep working the hard things you work on won’t seem that hard and will get easier. For someone wanting to gain a growth mindset it is important to know that when things get difficult you DON’T GIVE UP. Push forward and keep trying because whatever seen as harder will be seen as something beneficial down the line.
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