There are two minds of people in the world. People who have a growth mindset and people with a fixed mindset. People with a growth mindset believe that intelligence can be developed. People with a fixed mindset believe that intelligence is a fixed trait. For example people with a fixed mindset believe that you are born with a certain amount of intelligence and you can’t change that. In the video, Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset, she explained how students with a growth mindset achieve more and usually get higher scores/grades rather than students with a fixed mindset. Here’s a quote she shares, “You can learn new things but you can’t really change your basic intelligence.” Studies show that students who disagreed with this had a growth mindset and students who disagreed had a fixed mindset.
I believe that I have a growth mindset when I’m in a non-academic environment. I believe this because when I’m out doing something crazy like zip lining, I always push myself to go harder and further. Also jumping into new activities, I do get nervous but I’m always anxious to doing new things outside of my comfort zone. Growing up in a home where my mom always wanted to do new things like, camping, hiking and zip lining, I grew to adapt doing new things and pushing myself outside my comfort zone and learning new things. For example when I was very little my uncle put me on a dirt bike and I learned how to ride a stick shift.
As a student I believe I have a fixed mindset. Sometimes when I don’t understand something I don’t bother asking for help, because I don’t want to look stupid or uneducated. This is how I have always been as a student and I don’t always want to hide in my shell. I feel as though if something is too tough for me, I give up right there and think that I’m too stupid to understand and I know now that’s definitely not how it works.
From watching the videos I learned that your mindset can change and I definitely don’t want to have a fixed mindset all my life and do plan on working harder and participating and putting myself out there when I’m in class. I want to be more outgoing when in class, instead of being shy and staying in my corner.
I believe that I have a growth mindset when I’m in a non-academic environment. I believe this because when I’m out doing something crazy like zip lining, I always push myself to go harder and further. Also jumping into new activities, I do get nervous but I’m always anxious to doing new things outside of my comfort zone. Growing up in a home where my mom always wanted to do new things like, camping, hiking and zip lining, I grew to adapt doing new things and pushing myself outside my comfort zone and learning new things. For example when I was very little my uncle put me on a dirt bike and I learned how to ride a stick shift.
As a student I believe I have a fixed mindset. Sometimes when I don’t understand something I don’t bother asking for help, because I don’t want to look stupid or uneducated. This is how I have always been as a student and I don’t always want to hide in my shell. I feel as though if something is too tough for me, I give up right there and think that I’m too stupid to understand and I know now that’s definitely not how it works.
From watching the videos I learned that your mindset can change and I definitely don’t want to have a fixed mindset all my life and do plan on working harder and participating and putting myself out there when I’m in class. I want to be more outgoing when in class, instead of being shy and staying in my corner.