Chapter 7
Developing a Learning Orientation to Life
Growth Mindsets and Fixed Mindsets
Fixed Mindset
Growth Mindset
Believe intelligence can be exercised and be gain through determination and percistance
Believe your brain or intelligence gets stronger the more you use it
They accept mistakes and learn from them
Don't see failures as setbacks they see them as going forward and trying something new
Believe your born with specific amount of intelligence
When it come to school they believe they either got it or they don't
They feel threaten when others do better than them
Dislike challenges due them having the fear to losing their intelligence
Failures scare them
How to Develop a Growth Mindset
Think of your brain as a muscle
The more you use your brain the "smarter" you become
Neuroplasticity is the ability in your brain to recall new experiences and use it
Set Learning goals... as well as performance Goals
a Learning goal is when you set out to acquire new information in a topic
A learning goal also needs to have a set place and time
A Performance goal is when you want achieve some thing like a certain grade or diploma
Seek Feedback
Feed back people with growth mindset to see their errors and correct them
a Fixed mindset may not like the criticism and throw the advice away
Feedback may also help the person to seek help from the professor so they can improve