"Growth vs Fixed" Minds

Fixed, means having a trade, basing there activities on whether they will look smart, where as Growth, means that they are willing to learn through their life. This video cast is about a program developed to teach students about the growth mind set. They had 8 sessions in a workshop one half got study skills, and the other got growth mindset and study skills. The group that go the growth mindset was the only group that worked, and when they learned stuff they applied it to their school work. It worked so well because they learned how the mind worked and really got into learning how everything was being processed. Teachers were able to tell the difference with two groups even though they didn't know they were even taking a workshop.

The point of this was to help people be mentors and to help people admit mistakes and how to fix them. An example they gave was that of a race car driver, one with a growth mind will be able to get in the zone and stay in the zone even if a mistake is made. Some people really want to learn while others just go around acting like they know everything.

This was a great video cast, it really can benefit teachers, because you want your students to have a growth mindset. You always want your students to know they are smart and teach them that learning is fun, which in turn will give them a growth mind, instead of a fixed mind.