There are two kinds 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 set trait. For example people with a fixed mindset believe that you are born with a certain amount of intelligence and you cannot change that. In the video, Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset, the woman in the video 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 narrator shares, “You can learn new things but you can’t really change your basic intelligence.” Studies show that students who disagreed with this statement had a growth mindset and students who agreed had a fixed mindset. Growing up I’d say that I would have agreed with this quote. But doing the research and learning about the two mindsets I can honestly say that I’m on a path to having a growth mindset.
I believe that I have a growth mindset when I’m in a non-academic environment. Reflecting on my past experiences, I have a tendency of pushing myself to do adventurous things. I am nervous at first but find means to overcome by anxiety. Growing up in a home where my mother always wanted to do new experiences like, camping, hiking and zip lining, I grew to adapt doing new things and pushed myself outside my comfort zone and learning new things. As a child who grew up with three uncles I was raised like a boy. I never wanted to be inside. At the age of 7-8 I got my first dirt bike. Having to learn stick shift and riding the bike came easy to me. That is why I see myself having a growth mindset in a non-academic way. Another reason why I think I have a growth mindset is because when I come across something I find challenging I’m always pushing myself till I can get it right. For example, riding my dirt bike. For the first couple days I would ended up stalling and my bike would constantly die on me. But after trying numerous times to get it right I finally got the hang of it and soon I was riding smoothly on my own
But when it comes to academics, as a student I believe I have a fixed mindset. Sometimes when I don’t understand something I don’t feel the need asking for help, because I don’t want to look stupid or uneducated. This is how I have always been as a student. My grades were always low because I never asked for help when it was needed and didn’t do the work if I did not understand it. I felt as though if something is too tough for me, I give up and think that I was not capable to understand. If I cannot do it on my own I tend to disregard it and just ignore it. My grades in school have suffered because of my fixed mindset. From how I see it and have always seen it is that I’m not book smart at all. When I make a mistake on something, I’m always beating myself and putting myself down. I’m constantly comparing myself to other students and thinking that everyone else is more educated than me. I never wanted anyone to look at my work. I’d keep my work to myself and when it came to participating I never wanted to say the wrong thing, so I didn’t participate at all. Asking for help was always hard for me. I figured that asking for help meant I was flawed and I was the only person who didn’t understand. Another example on how I have a fixed mindset in class, is that when we are learning a subject and I feel as though I understand I tend to think it’s easy so I don’t pay attention to the different techniques in doing something. My DPR professor told us that throughout his teaching he always had that student who thinks they knows everything and just does not take that extra step to learning more. But the students who did not understand at all always achieved more and had higher grades because they took that extra step in learning. For me I felt as though if I knew how to do it, I did not need to learn a new way on doing it.
But from watching the videos I learned that your mindset can change and grow. I’ve learned so much from my class and not only that but also from my classmates. I have learned that to achieve you have to make mistakes, and it’s ok to fail on your face, because no matter what you someone I there to help you and you can always get back on your feet and try again. From this class I’ve learned to grow and be more outgoing when it comes to class. I feel more comfortable and willing to show people my work and learn from my mistakes. I have finally stepped out my shell and participated in class, I’ve showed some classmates my work, and even asked for help when it was needed. I look at other student’s work and learn from it. I feel as though this class has helped me grow and provided me a better understanding on growth mindset. Looking back on all my blogs and the comments I’ve seen people relate or was interested in my work. No one was judging me or looking at me as less of a person. I have been putting forth more effort and have been participating more in class. Because of this class and the people in the class, I feel as though my mindset will soon be a growth mindset and I am excited for what lies ahead for me. If I can do it, anyone can!
I believe that I have a growth mindset when I’m in a non-academic environment. Reflecting on my past experiences, I have a tendency of pushing myself to do adventurous things. I am nervous at first but find means to overcome by anxiety. Growing up in a home where my mother always wanted to do new experiences like, camping, hiking and zip lining, I grew to adapt doing new things and pushed myself outside my comfort zone and learning new things. As a child who grew up with three uncles I was raised like a boy. I never wanted to be inside. At the age of 7-8 I got my first dirt bike. Having to learn stick shift and riding the bike came easy to me. That is why I see myself having a growth mindset in a non-academic way. Another reason why I think I have a growth mindset is because when I come across something I find challenging I’m always pushing myself till I can get it right. For example, riding my dirt bike. For the first couple days I would ended up stalling and my bike would constantly die on me. But after trying numerous times to get it right I finally got the hang of it and soon I was riding smoothly on my own
But when it comes to academics, as a student I believe I have a fixed mindset. Sometimes when I don’t understand something I don’t feel the need asking for help, because I don’t want to look stupid or uneducated. This is how I have always been as a student. My grades were always low because I never asked for help when it was needed and didn’t do the work if I did not understand it. I felt as though if something is too tough for me, I give up and think that I was not capable to understand. If I cannot do it on my own I tend to disregard it and just ignore it. My grades in school have suffered because of my fixed mindset. From how I see it and have always seen it is that I’m not book smart at all. When I make a mistake on something, I’m always beating myself and putting myself down. I’m constantly comparing myself to other students and thinking that everyone else is more educated than me. I never wanted anyone to look at my work. I’d keep my work to myself and when it came to participating I never wanted to say the wrong thing, so I didn’t participate at all. Asking for help was always hard for me. I figured that asking for help meant I was flawed and I was the only person who didn’t understand. Another example on how I have a fixed mindset in class, is that when we are learning a subject and I feel as though I understand I tend to think it’s easy so I don’t pay attention to the different techniques in doing something. My DPR professor told us that throughout his teaching he always had that student who thinks they knows everything and just does not take that extra step to learning more. But the students who did not understand at all always achieved more and had higher grades because they took that extra step in learning. For me I felt as though if I knew how to do it, I did not need to learn a new way on doing it.
But from watching the videos I learned that your mindset can change and grow. I’ve learned so much from my class and not only that but also from my classmates. I have learned that to achieve you have to make mistakes, and it’s ok to fail on your face, because no matter what you someone I there to help you and you can always get back on your feet and try again. From this class I’ve learned to grow and be more outgoing when it comes to class. I feel more comfortable and willing to show people my work and learn from my mistakes. I have finally stepped out my shell and participated in class, I’ve showed some classmates my work, and even asked for help when it was needed. I look at other student’s work and learn from it. I feel as though this class has helped me grow and provided me a better understanding on growth mindset. Looking back on all my blogs and the comments I’ve seen people relate or was interested in my work. No one was judging me or looking at me as less of a person. I have been putting forth more effort and have been participating more in class. Because of this class and the people in the class, I feel as though my mindset will soon be a growth mindset and I am excited for what lies ahead for me. If I can do it, anyone can!