When people with a growth mindset fail , they don’t take it as a bad thing, they use it to improve their natural abilites
When people with a fixed mindset fail, they feelLike they are not smart, they believe they don’t have the natural ability
Questions: 1. What are the fixed and growth mindset? 2. How do people with each mindset experience the relation between failure and self esteem? 3. How do the fixed and growth mindset affect learning?
The Mindsets
What is the growth mindset
MP: The growth mindset is the belief that abilites are not fixed and can be changed
Growth mindset is applying effort and trying new strategies , they don’t feel failure reflects their intellegence
People with a growth mindset thrive off of challenge and can use their failure to grow
People with a growth mindset believe that abilites can be cultivated over time
Growth mindset let people fully use and develop their mind, allowing no limiting thoughts
What is the fixed mindset
M: The fixed mindset is the belief that abilites are fixed and cannot be changed
People with a fixed mindset believe that effort is for people who lack the needed abilites, and those who can’t get to success without natural talent
Fixed abilites are abilites that are believed to be carved in stone
If abilities are carved in stone then, then they are in some way "permanent". and it has been that way since birth
Like a stone that is permanent, fixed abilities can never change change
The ability are said to be fixed at birth.
It "is what it is" and cannot improve.
Mindsets and Learning
How does growth mindset effect learning
People with a growth mindset always see the value in learning, they look for opportunities to grow in new subjects
How does the fixed mindset effect learning
People with fixed mindset don’t want to learn if they have to face challenges or failure
Fixed mindset limits achievement,
People with a fixed mindset feel learning and effort is for those who don’t have the natural talent. They feel like they don’t need to learn because they already know everything they can
Failure and Self-Esteem
How do people with a growth mindset experience the Relation between failure and self esteem
People with a growth mindset feel good about themselves when they are improving their skills and they can see hard work pay off, it motivates them
People with a growth mindset thrive off of Challenge and can use their failure to grow and improve their abilities
FM make someone more judge mental rather than open minded
Fixed mindset can stand in the way of success
People with a fixed mindset may get in the way of their own success by passing on opportunities by assuming their talent alone won’t be enough
How to people with a fixed mindset experience the Relation between failure and self esteem
People with a fixed mindset feel good about themselvesWhen they are successful or when they achieve success without any effort or hard work, which to them mean they are smart, talented, and have natural ability
FMs makes effort pointless,
to a fixed mindset failure mean they do not have The fixed ability and they never willl
