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Growth Mindet Presentation Analysis

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What are two things you learned from the growth mindset presentation by Ms. Nelson? Why are they important? Going into the presentation, I already knew a little bit about grit, although this presentation further my understanding of how it can relate to the brain. Grit is passion and perseverance. One of the first things I learned, is that the brain is like a muscle, and in order for it to grow stronger, we have to challenge it.This information is significant in the classroom as well as outside the classroom because when faced with a challenge, like the paper tent activity or the mathemagic assignment in class, you should use some grit and not give up so easily.Another thing I learned, was whether I was dominant on my right or left brain. While on a daily basis we use our entire brain, we tend to be dominant on one side. When taking the right or left brain quiz, it was a pretty close for me considering, I had 11 questions for the right side and 12 questions for the left side. Knowing that I’m a mix of both, I can develop strategies have a growth mindset to help further my grit. What did you find most challenging about the …show more content…

This isn’t a typically math problem we would encounter in another math class, so finding out where to being was difficult but, once we got a start it went by pretty quickly after that.When beginning the process we first picked different numbers to start out with, close in value, to see if we could find any sort of pattern, and we did. After that it was we had to figure out what was going on that made the last 3 numbers the same every time. So I started the idea of coming up with an algebraic equation to help explain it. We were on the right track now, so the rest of it came pretty easily.Throughout the assignment, I demonstrated grit by taking in step-by-step and having the motivation to finish the problem until the end and getting past the most challenging part, the

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I took the grit test I didn't know how much grit I had, the grit test is about ten questions that might describe who you are. At the end of the test, you get a score that reflects how passionate or persevering you see yourself to be. When I took the test, I scored a four point twenty out of five they said I scored higher than about 80% of American adults. To improve your grit, you have to improve your mindset, this ensures a more positive result to reach your goals. My goal is to have a corporate American job, which will increase my chances of being a productive and successful member of society, I view myself as a kinesthetic learner that has a more of a hands-on learning approach carried out with physical activities, rather than sitting down and listening to a lecture.

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Hanford’s article also provides the example of the spelling bee, “In a study we found of finalist in the spelling bee, we found that grittier children completed more hours of deliberate practice [Pg. 52]”. Connecting Duckworth and Hanford’s article they both use the spelling bee to provide an example to understand the true definition of grit. In the article “Mindset,” by Carol Dweck, Dweck provides a definition and example of two mindsets. She focuses on having a growth mindset, since most people that obtain a growth mindset are most likely to be more successful in life.

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In the article “The Truth About Grit” by Jonah Lehrer, the author discusses the true meaning and tells how important grit is in society. The author explains to us how grit works and what do people use it for. Jonah Lehrer gives us examples about people who found what grit really tells us. Many people who study grit such as, Angela Duckworth have been testing and observing students of West Point of their “grittiness” by mental and physical tests. Her results were a success when she found that the cadets score are all the same.

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In the book The Best American Science Writing 2010 Jonah Lehrer wrote the article The Truth About Grit (Lehrer, 2010). Lehrer presented a question what makes an extraordinary person is it brains or is what researchers classify as grit (Lehrer, 2010, p. 52). In the article Lehrer used scene settings, expert opinions, introducing new questions, leaving readers with a questions, logos, ethos, and good flow to persuade readers that grit is the reason for truly successful people. The author introduced and analyzed research done by Angela Duckworth, Francis Galton, Lewis Terman, and Carol S Dweck on the topic of grit (Lehrer, 2010). Lehrer discussed each researcher’s topic and study and simplified the large studies for readers to better understand.

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Even though they felt distressed, they were ready to take risks, confront the challenges and keep working at them.” (p.77.) Being Gritty and having Growth Mindsets are big advantages. In the article “True Grit”, Duckworth and Eskreis-Winkler stated that “Gritty individuals are tortoise-like, distinguished by their propensity to maintain “effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress.” (p.51.)

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Having a growth mindset will allow you to take risks and hard challenges without having the fear of failure. When you set difficult goals, you have to have a growth mindset. You won't be dumb or stupid if you fail at the goal, but as a person you should want to reach the goal if it's all you dreamed of. As the author explains, “They weren't concerned about looking bad or feeling stupid. They were interested in the learning and were able to get better with practice or effort”, (Zucker, pp.10).

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Before reading the article “A Conversation with Angela Lee Duckworth” by Deborah Perkins-Gough, I had a random idea of what grit stands for. I thought grit was more like the courage to make things possible in your life. Now, I have changed my mind. With all the explanation and examples given by the author I see grit as the skill of self-strength that has to be developed in order to achieve your goals. I also notice that grit is a skill that need to be exercised.

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Grit is the ability to pursue a task over a long period of time. Being Gritty allows people to have more success throughout their life. To have a Growth Mindset means you have the ability to realize that your not an idiot or a failure, but a person who will realize their mistake and make a goal to fix their mistake so it does not happen again. To have both Grit and a Growth Mindset would be a life filled with success. Being persistent as well as optimistic and willing is the mind of a true scholar.

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The Greatness in Grit There are many important human traits but I am only going to be talking about one that one trait is grit. Grit is a strong trait that some people have and other people don’t it is not something that can be taught it is something that must always be there and most people have some amount of grit big or small it always makes a difference in their character and their integrity. Grit is strength and courage it is the ability to stand up to a bully or stand up for your beliefs or the beliefs of other people and the ability to keep going when everyone else gives up It is the ability to go past your comfort zone and to stop being mediocre or normal and to never give up and to push past the breaking point even when it feels

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Summary of “ The Five Characteristics of Grit” “The characteristics of Grit-- How many do you have?” by Margaret M. Perlis, Contributor is an article about how students have grown soft and has lost Grit which is the successful key in someone's life. The article, talks about the importance of hard work and perseverance against failure and low self- esteem. Margaret M. Perlis analyzes the TED talk of Professor Duckworth. The comparison of the definition of the word grit from the dictionary and the understanding of professor Duckworth as a “ a firmness of character “ which is a strong character in human life and help us to have the willing to do what is important and right, in others make us gritter. However,  Margaret doesn’t agree with idea that perseverance and passion for long term goals can be a solution in someone's life, because she believe as humans we are different and each of us has to

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Grit and Growth Mindset Winston Churchill once said, ¨Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.¨ People who believe that failure is acceptable, like Winston Churchill, will do better in all areas of life, and will have a characteristic known as grit. Grit is passion and perseverance over long term goals, and sticking with that goal until it is achieved. Growth mindset is the ability to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, and find lessons in the success of others.

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The Influence of Grit and Growth Mindset in one’s life In Eduardo Briceno’s view “The key to success is not simply effort, focus, or resilience, it is the growth mindset that creates them.” Grit is the quality that enables individuals to work hard enough and stick to their long-term passions and goals. Growth mindset is the intelligence that can be developed and the ability to accept debacle. Two special features that will help one achieve in academics, personal life, and career are grit and growth mindset.

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Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint” (Duckworth). By that, Duckworth means that you have to work day to day without giving up on your future goals you have to keep going until you reach your goals you cannot achieve fast but you have to keep working hard. Also there are counter examples for using grit too much and by that preventing us from achieving a different goal, there are only a few cases where that happened but it did and it means it could happen to anyone. I could use myself as an example, from Hungary in the middle of Europe I achieved to come to the US and go to school here while I can still play water polo, this was my goal but since I reached it now I have a higher goal to achieve to get in a four year university. You have to put your goals high enough so you can fight for them it’s not going to be easy but you cannot give up on your dreams you have to work until you get there it will take a lot of sacrifice but at the end you can say “I did it” and that is how grit

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On the other hand, author and lecturer Alfie Kohn disputes against a notion of teaching grit in educational programs. He and others make the argument that this idea will have a corrupt repercussion. Considering both sides of the argument, I reach agreement, in my opinion that grit should be taught in schools in today’s world. For the reasons that grit by itself will help students better themselves in and outside of school. (Regardless of the many who lack enthusiasm towards teaching grit), Angela Duckworth and

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INTRODUCTION I. Arouse Audience Interest in the Topic A. Here we have a person with a fixed mindset and a person with a growth mindset. [PowerPoint slide will be shown] B. I chose this topic because I once had a fixed mindset, and by working to get a growth mindset, my opportunities in life expanded exponentially. II.

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