Growth Mindset
By: Kayla Dean
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Learning Targets:
Students will be able to define a growth mindset
Students will be able to describe the differences between a fixed and growth mindset.
What is a Growth Mindset?
A growth mindset is a mindset that was created by Carol Dweck. This concept expresses the idea that an individual has when they believe their capacities and talents can be improved over time. This can be done through hard work, good strategies, input from others and even failure.
For example when an individual approaching tasks with a growth mindset will have thoughts such as:
“It’s ok if I fail, at least I learned something.”
"It's never to late to learn something."
Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
A fixed mindset contrasts with a growth mindset tremendously. The difference between the two is the limitation of the belief that an individual can hold the capacity to learn and grow meaningfully. The indvidual is convinced that they can’t learn anything new and that it’s too late for them to try because they will fail.
For example, when an individual approaching tasks with a fixed minset will have thoughts such as:
"I’m not good at anything. "
"Everyone else does better than I do. "
Growth Mindset Quiz
1. Which of the following is NOT one way an individual can express the idea of a growth mindset?
A. Input from peers or teachers
B. Cheating
C. Hardwork
D. Failure
2. A student named Sally is an honor roll student in school. When Sally comes across a difficult situation, she is more likely to frame it as a challenge to be able to overcome it rather than a reason to throw in the towel. This has allowed her to maintain the honor roll because of her understanding of how hard work influences any task given to her. On the other hand, Alex is a straight- A student in addition of playing sports such as softball and field hockey year round. Alex thinks her grades are a result of her being smart, she has been told this all her life since she was a toddler. She believes that since she is smart that her education now and in the future will continue to be a breeze for her. Which students shows a clear example of a growth mindset?
A. Sally
B. Alex
C. Neither
D. Both
Awnsers to Quiz
Awnsers to Quiz
1, B
2, A
References
Dweck, C. C. D. (2016, January 13). What having a “growth mindset” actually means. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/01/what-having-a-growth-mindset-actually-means
How Michael Jordan’s mindset made him a great competitor. (n.d.). How Michael Jordan’s Mindset Made Him a Great Competitor. Retrieved February 13, 2023, from https://www.usab.com/youth/news/2012/08/how-michael-jordans-mindset-made-him-great.aspx
Kroeper, K. M., Fried, A. C., & Murphy, M. C. (2022). Towards fostering growth mindset classrooms: Identifying teaching behaviors that signal instructors’ fixed and growth mindsets beliefs to students. Social Psychology of Education, 25(2–3), 371–398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-022-09689-4
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