How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Potential
GROWTH MINDSET- WE CAN IMPROVE INTELLIGENCE,
ABILITYAND PERFORMANCE.- CAROLS DWECK

DWECK'S DEFINITION OF FIXED AND GROWTH
MINDSETS
Dweck's definition of fixed and growth mindsets from a 2012 interview:
In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their
intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. They have a certain
amount and that's that, and then their goal becomes to look smart
all the time and never look dumb. In a growth mindset students
understand that their talents and abilities can be developed
through effort, good teaching and persistence. They don't
necessarily think everyone's the same or anyone can be Einstein,
but they believe everyone can get smarter if they work at it.
"Stanford University's Carol Dweck on the Growth Mindset and Education". OneDublin.org. June
19, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

DWECK'S DEFINITION OF FIXED
GROSS-LOHAND GROWTH MINDSETS
Individuals who believe their talents can be developed
(through hard work, good strategies, and input from others)
have a growth mindset. They tend to achieve more than those
with a more fixed mindset (those who believe their talents are
innate gifts). This is because they worry less about looking
smart and they put more energy into learning.
https://hbr.org/2016/01/what-having-a-growth-mindset-actually-means

DWECK'S GROWTH MINDSETS
Mindset- We can improve intelligence, ability and
performance.
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DWECK'S DEFINITION OF FIXED
AND GROWTH MINDSETS
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DWECK'S GROWTH MINDSET
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DWECK'S DEFINITION OF FIXED
AND GROWTH MINDSETS
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MINDSET
Mindset- We can improve intelligence, ability and
performance.
Growth Mindset – you believe your ability can change
and grow and it would be impossible to predict what
you or someone else could achieve

GROWTH MINDSET
What is mindset? Can you make me understand through example?
As I see it, a mindset is a set of beliefs, knowledge, attitudes,
feelings and emotions that one bears in his/her mind
regarding a certain issue at a certain time. As you say, one's
mindset shapes our thinking, feelings and behavior. For
example, if you are in a good mood you tend to be more
altruistic than when you are in a negative or neutral mood.
Consider a second example. If you think that exam marks are
due to luck and not to your intelligence or effort, then you are
inclined to not study much because to get good marks, you
think, does not depend on your effort and intelligence.
Orlando M Lourenco a student of university of Lisbon

GROWTH MINDSET
“You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe
with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with
your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and
believe, the mind can achieve.”
Napoleon Hill
http://www.mindset-uk.co.uk/mindset/

DWECK
QUESTIONS-
1. “Why waste time proving over and over how great you are,
when you could be getting better?
2. Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why
look for friends or partners who will just shore up your
self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to
grow?
3. And why seek out the tried and true, instead of
experiences that will stretch you?

DWECK
WRITES-
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it,
even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the
hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset
that allows people to thrive during some of the most
challenging times in their lives.”

DWECK
WRITES-

GROWTH MINDSET
“The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will
become comfortable” Conon McGregor

GROWTH MINDSET
“A mindset is a mental attitude. It shapes our actions and our
thoughts” (Meier & Kropp, 2010, p. 179)

GROWTH MINDSET
"A consistent pattern of thoughts about a specific topic can
become a mindset, which represents an established set of beliefs
that shape how people think and reason about this topic."
(Auster-Gussman & Rothman, 2018)

DWECK'S DEFINITION OF FIXED
AND GROWTH MINDSETS
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WHAT IS FALSE GROWTH MINDSET
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WHAT TO PRAISE & HOW TO PRAISE FOR
DEVELOPING RIGHT GROWTH MINDSET ?
Helping students to develop a growth mindset, we can help them to learning more effective
and efficient.
Carol Dweck precisely says, “a lot of parents or teachers say
praise the effort, not the outcome. I say [that’s] wrong: Praise
the effort that led to the outcome or learning progress; tie the
praise to it. It’s not just effort, but strategy … so support the
student in finding another strategy. Effective teachers who
actually have classrooms full of children with a growth
mindset are always supporting children’s learning strategies
and showing how strategies created that success.

WHAT TO PRAISE & HOW TO PRAISE FOR
DEVELOPING RIGHT GROWTH MINDSET ?
Students need to know that if they’re stuck, they don’t need
just effort. You don’t want them redoubling their efforts with
the same ineffective strategies. You want them to know when
to ask for help and when to use resources that are available.
So, with praise, focus on “process praise”—focus on the
learning process and show how hard work, good strategies,
and good use of resources lead to better learning. Be matter-
of-fact, with not too strong or too passive a reaction.
(Adopted form -An excerpt from an interview with Carol S Dweck with Gross-Loh)

WHAT IS FALSE GROWTH MINDSET
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RESOURCES ON
Meier, J. D., & Kropp, M. (2010). Getting Results the Agile Way: A Personal Results System for Work and Life.
Bellevue, WA: Innovation Playhouse
https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/17-growth-mindset-quotes-that-will-inspire-your-success-
happiness.html
https://allright.org.nz/articles/mindset/
http://www.mindset-uk.co.uk/mindset/
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/how-to-develop-a-growth-mindset/
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/12/how-praise-became-a-consolation-prize/510845/
https://sivers.org/mindset
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-some-kids-try-harder-and-some-kids-give-up_b_5826816

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