Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Growth vs Fixed

This podcast video was about a study done between students. They where divided into groups of Growth and Fixed. The whole point that the Ms. Dweck was say it that the brain was like a muscle so it's like as long as I am working this muscle by exercising then it will get bigger and stronger. The students in the growth group were taught growth study skills and the other were taught/used fixed study skills.
After the study was over the students teachers could clearly see that the students that were in the growth group had advanced a little more and the fixed group did not progress but neither regressed.
I would like to say on a personal note that all teacher need to poses that character that makes a child get out of bed every morning stating that they want to go to school. So learning should be a fun process but also taken serious.

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