This article is written by Hochanadel and Finamore, as a collection of the recent researches and theories that associated with the fixed and growth mindset.
It started from Duckworth’s observation on “grit”, something that could be observed in students who have the growth mindset and willing to take on challenges as learning experiences, and her experiment in West Point. And Dweck’s theory about students who believe their intelligence are fixed and cannot be improved, as he called “fixed mindset”, will meet more negative effect when they meet challenges and result in failures, such as fear or lack of motivation to find better learning methods. Later, as Duckworth and Dweck worked together, they concluded that fixed mindset can be, and must
It started from Duckworth’s observation on “grit”, something that could be observed in students who have the growth mindset and willing to take on challenges as learning experiences, and her experiment in West Point. And Dweck’s theory about students who believe their intelligence are fixed and cannot be improved, as he called “fixed mindset”, will meet more negative effect when they meet challenges and result in failures, such as fear or lack of motivation to find better learning methods. Later, as Duckworth and Dweck worked together, they concluded that fixed mindset can be, and must