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Growth Mindsets and Fixed Mindsets
Wendy Lozano
Department of English studies, Glendale Community College
English 102
Professor Amanda Jenkins
February 16, 2023
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Growth Mindsets and Fixed Mindsets
Carol Dweck is a psychologist who studied the different ways of learning which are growth
mindset and fixed mindset. For instance, a fixed mindset is a person that is born with a fixed
amount of ability and talent, and when it refers to intelligence, they may or may not have it. For
example, they do well in school it is because they are smart, but if they don?t do well it is because
aren?t smart. Moreover, when it comes to challenges they are
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Carol notes, ?too many students are hung up on grades and on proving their worth through grades.
Grades are important, but learning is more important.
On the other hand, a growth mindset is people who believe that intelligence is like a muscle,
which gets stronger the more it is used. Appealingly, the brain learns with consistency, which is
how this mindset works. In other words, people create neural networks and become smarter when
they exercise their brains. Indeed, this mindset motivates people to accept those challenges, to
work hard, to learn form mistakes, to change course if needed, and to keep going despite setbacks
and failures, (Downing, 2015, pg. 192). In addition, people with growth mindset are convinced
that their hard work and persistence can overcome difficulties in managing a subject or a skill.
Such as, having the experience of failing will activate the persons inner guide, which will sound
like, ?I dint work hard enough? or ?there?s a better way to do it?. In the case of, accepting
responsibility and making a new plan, for this is a response of a
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193). When
people start to understand this concept, it will make them recognize that with mental effort, their
brain is designed to grow and change. Then, setting learning goals, as well as performance goals.
An example, of a performance goal would be earning an A in the course, and a learning goal would
be to master three ways to write an effective introductory paragraph, (Downing, 2015, pg. 193).
Further, seeking for feedback, for essential leaning. As revealed by effective learners who
welcome their instructors feedback and apply it to stay on track, and they might crash. However,
they will heed every suggestion that instructors offer on assignments; they understand the message
in their test scores; they request clarification of any feedback they don?t understand; and they ask
for additional feedback, (Downing, 2015, pg. 194). Moreover, changing course when needed.
?The capacity to correct course is the capacity to reduce the differences between the path you are
on now and the optimal to your objective?, (Charles Garfield, pg. 195). This is saying that once
people are able to recognize that they are off course, will quite do something about it. Having