Throughout my life, I have been willing to learn. When it comes to school I have a growth mindset, because I have always been willing to hear others’ points of view. Carol Dweck and her colleagues believe that learning is really a function of attitude, grit and perseverance, rather than natural talent, and that mindset can be changed (Dweck 4). Someone's mindset can either prevent changes from happening or allow new skills to blossom. Anyone can learn something new if he or she is willing to learn and do the work necessary.
A fixed mindset person assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are givens that can't change in any meaningful way. People tend to care about how advanced their mindset is because they believe …show more content…
I figured college was going to be hard due to the stories I was told by college students. They told me how college professors were ruthless, complicated, and hard to understand. However, my fixed mindset was dramatically turned into a growth mindset after I got comfortable with my class work and professors. For example, high school math was easy and difficult because as I passed on to the next grade, the teachers’ styles changed which caused me to have a difficult time understanding math. To help myself understand math, I asked for extra help and came to the math class on lunch break to get extra practice. Also, my mother helped me by letting me see her textbook from the College Of lake County to prepare myself for college math. Through this practice, I slowly improved and found myself having a growth mindset because the more effort I put into the work the more successful i was becoming. Having a growth mindset is more beneficial to me than having a fixed because I am able to have hope and motivation for the semester, which helps one, me cope with failure and learn from my mistakes. In high school I always had both mindset because sometimes the class and project work was easy or hard felt like giving up on everything but at the same time I didn’t want to let myself down when I was already close to the end of graduating high school with decent grades so I decided to set short goals for myself that helped me get where I am …show more content…
I learned that you have to set terms goals and practice in order to better your education and knowledge which is true because it states that in the “You Can Grow Your Brain” article health and science experience that a person who practice a lot will show a lot of improvement in their education. The brain is like a muscle it grows when you put effort toward the work and use good learning strategies it will become large and
A fixed mindset person assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are givens that can't change in any meaningful way. People tend to care about how advanced their mindset is because they believe …show more content…
I figured college was going to be hard due to the stories I was told by college students. They told me how college professors were ruthless, complicated, and hard to understand. However, my fixed mindset was dramatically turned into a growth mindset after I got comfortable with my class work and professors. For example, high school math was easy and difficult because as I passed on to the next grade, the teachers’ styles changed which caused me to have a difficult time understanding math. To help myself understand math, I asked for extra help and came to the math class on lunch break to get extra practice. Also, my mother helped me by letting me see her textbook from the College Of lake County to prepare myself for college math. Through this practice, I slowly improved and found myself having a growth mindset because the more effort I put into the work the more successful i was becoming. Having a growth mindset is more beneficial to me than having a fixed because I am able to have hope and motivation for the semester, which helps one, me cope with failure and learn from my mistakes. In high school I always had both mindset because sometimes the class and project work was easy or hard felt like giving up on everything but at the same time I didn’t want to let myself down when I was already close to the end of graduating high school with decent grades so I decided to set short goals for myself that helped me get where I am …show more content…
I learned that you have to set terms goals and practice in order to better your education and knowledge which is true because it states that in the “You Can Grow Your Brain” article health and science experience that a person who practice a lot will show a lot of improvement in their education. The brain is like a muscle it grows when you put effort toward the work and use good learning strategies it will become large and