Carol Dweck

"Test Your Mindset" by Carol Dweck showed that my result 2 fixed Mindset statements and 7 growth mindset statements. In a growth mindset, way of thinking or believe your ability to get success. In a Fixed mindset, people believe success comes with inherent nature and not hard work. The growth mindset likes to learn what ever situation they are. They use their ability to develop anything they want to through hard working. They don't fear about making mistakes because they believe challenge will…

“The Secret to Raising Smart Kids”, an article by Carol Dweck, stresses the importance of having a growth mind-set. Initially, Dweck explores learned helplessness. This is when someone fails and gives up on the challenge rather than finding the solution. She implies that a lack of ability ruins motivation more than lack of effort. This reveals the two types of students, fixed mind-set and growth mind set. Dweck demonstrates that students with a growth mind-set are persistent and higher…

A Summary of Article “What Having a Growth Mindset” Actually Means by Carol Dweck, explains the meaning behind having a growth mindset and also the three most common ways on how people misunderstand the meaning of a growth mindset. People often believe that a growth mindset are qualities that they are born with. We have both the fixed and growth mindset, it just depends on our life stages and how well we are to deal with challenges. Another misperceived people believe that a growth mindset…

When reading the article "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids" by Carol S. Dweck (Scientific American, 2015), I came across multiple new and interesting pieces of information I did not consider when comparing and contrasting the values and ideas of a person with a "fixed" vs. "growth" mindset. The one point that I found to be the most pertinent in regards to the dangers of possessing a "fixed mindset" study is when Dwecks claims, "Many people assume that superior intelligence or ability is a key to…

washing machine waiting for my clothes to dry while at the same time, writing a shitty first draft essay. It’s amazing where education can take you. In my first semester of composition, I read “Brainology” by Carol S. Dweck and “The Student Fear Factor” by Rebecca Cox. In Brainology, Dweck explains that there are two different mindsets: a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. A growth mindset is when a person has a mindset that intelligence can learn their mistakes. A fixed mindset is someone who…

Many people are born with talents or later developed theme in life. These talents that not everyone has the advantage of having help the person that is lucky enough to have them tremendously. In “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” by Carol Dweck talks about some children that are talented when it comes to learning. When the author says, “A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned A’s. Jonathan puzzled over why some…

mindset, than its intellect. Though perhaps lacking in the depth required to reap an audience of scholastic educators, Carol Dweck, Ph.D. professor of psychology at Stanford University, provides us with the essay: “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids,” which grants the parents and guardians of students, a look into what is a pervasive problem in the world of education. With this piece, Dweck seeks to illustrate the difference between the “fixed” and “growing” mindsets, and how both influence the…

Successful Growth Mindset In an article written by Carol Dweck, she states her beliefs on how praising people for their work is a huge key to success, she ignores other key factors that might actually hinder you from a successful growth mindset. And in an article written by Alfie Kohn and she states how there are other factors such as your home life, relationships, and you and your families’ health. See Dweck talks about how all you need is praising to succeed, sometimes people have so much…

Themes from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens In the timeless tale, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens focuses upon the extreme transformation of a character named Ebenezer Scrooge. The fact that several moralistic themes can be applied throughout the novel confirms why it is a classic. The first significant alteration of Scrooge’s character occurred when he was a young man, as he became increasingly involved in the occupation of business, where wealth and assets are subjects of…

Charles Dickens has a large, varying assortment of many classic tales that bring wonderful memories to everyone 's minds. Dickens has crafted many amazing stories in his career as an author. One of his most famous stories was A Christmas Carol. This novel can relate to so many different ideological aspects towards Christmas. Dickens is a very influential author who talked a lot about the Christian ideologies through his works of literature. This novel brings to light many Christian beliefs,…