Brainology Conforming Student Motivation To Learn Analysis

The paper “Brainology Transforming Students Motivation to Learn” is about the study that what students believe about their brains has profound effects on their motivation, learning and school achievement. It supports the notion that intelligence is something that can grow through hard work and dedication.The story also looks into the tendency for parents to boost the self esteem of their child or teachers to boost the self esteem of their students tends to have negative effects rather than a positive one because if students are told that they are intelligent, they won't be willing to take on challenging work because it will kill their morale if they fail on it. The writer of the paper did a decent job of conveying his research and message through …show more content…
In the statement “why so many bright students stop working when school becomes challenging and why stereotypes have such profound effects on students’ achievement.” this statement puts an emphasis on why specifically some students tend to give up which is when school gets more difficult and it is understandable from the reader because it's the main reason why some students give up so fast because they can't handle the work this appeals to the emotions because concerned teachers are the ones that have to give the work to the students and that can make them feel somehow responsible because they may feel like they did not do their job for the students to give up instead of giving more effort. There is another use of pathos in the paper “many students believe that intelligence is fixed, that each person has a certain amount” this is what many students across all grades believe to be true and it makes students feel like they can't do more than they can accomplish and it makes it hard emotionally. Another use of pathos is shown when Dweck wrote “but the biggest mistake was the belief that you could simply hand children self esteem” many parents will take this statement to heart and it will make them realise that the thing that they have been doing the whole time which they …show more content…
Dweck’s addition of this device is really good in backing up the various claims made in the paper. One such use is when the researchers put the praise mindset to the test among a group of fifth graders “The children praised for their intelligence did not want to learn……The children praised for their effort wanted the task they could learn from.” The writer used this comparison to emphasise how one simple norm for parents can have such a drastic effect on the performance of the kids that they are supposed to be motivating.The comparing and contrast of the research with different mindsets helps Dweck to get a clear and precise point across the readers of the paper because it is such a simple comparison with a clear disparity that it would be hard for the reader not to reconsider what approach they might take if they ever think about using too much praise or receiving too much praise. The results of the research were so significant that the process was repeated five times just to be sure and the same results were achieved between the two groups that were compared. This extensive attempt only helps solidify the writers claim even more and makes the compare and contrast