For many years educators believed that students learn by listening and observing. Studies have demonstrated that students learn more efficiently when they are active participants in learning and are engage with their learning environments.
Students' mindset:
Refers to their assumptions, values, and beliefs about themselves and what influences them.
Students with a Fixed Mindset:
Demonstrate competence as a learning goal.
Students with a Growing Mindset:
Tend to set mastery as a goal and to place greater value on effort.
Changing students' mindset: It is possible to change students’ self-attributions so that they adopt a growth mindset, which in turn improves their academic performance.