Thursday, August 24, 2017

Growth Mindset Reaction

I had never heard of Carol Dweck or growth mindset (using that particular terminology) before. I liked what she had to say and thought she did an excellent job of presenting her information. I was not surprised by her conclusions at all. When I was younger I had a lot of test anxiety, which I think most likely was related to a fixed mindset. I was terrified of failing standardized tests. I was not the only one having issues so the school brought in a speaker about two weeks before a big test. He talked about the test without ever using the word test and presented it as an opportunity to learn how much we knew. I took his words to heart and my scores drastically increased. Ever since then I have developed into a really good test taker. Even though I was unfamiliar with the terminology "growth mindset" I believe that it was my shift to that mindset that  allowed my test taking skills to flourish. I would be extremely interested in learning more about growth mindsets this semester. I am particularly interested in the challenge regarding the different types of intelligence.


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