...Names Professor’s Name Course Number Date How Children Succeed, by Paul Tough Paul Tough disputes that those characters that mater most have more to do with the behaviors of an individuals. Proficiencies like determination, inquisitiveness, and self-control have all been seen to have an impact on a person’s behavior. Consequently, this paper is going to provide a mini essay concerning Toughs major claims and supporting claims in how children succeed as from page 165-181. The paper will also end with an essay three thesis that highlights on what has been learnt from Toughs main claims. According to Tough on college conundrum, it is seen that the majority of the children from poor families do struggle in getting education as compared to those in the rich families. It is clear that “over the past few decades, it has become evident that the United States does not so much have an issue of restricted as well as uneven college admittance. It has a challenge of incomplete and lopsided college achievement (Tough, p. 150).” Concerning this it is clear that the United States does not concentrate on one background when it comes to ones college admission. They say that the most challenging fact presently is the non-fulfilling college accomplishment. Therefore, it can be pointed out that the college conundrum as stated means that the majority of the grades tend to show more than the mystery content. They say that this discloses characters of motivation...
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...FIXED vs. GROWTH MINDSET – Which one are you? Based on the research of Dr. Carol Dweck Which Mindset Are You? Self-Assessment* For each item below, decide whether the item is true or false FOR YOU. Answer each item honestly. There is no right or wrong answer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. I want to do better than other students in my class. true An important reason why I do my class work is because I like to learn new things. true I would like to show my instructors that I am smarter than the other students in my class. true I like class work that I will learn from even if I make a lot of mistakes. true It is very important to me that I do not look stupid in my class. true If I do poorly on an assignment or a test, it is because I did not study or try hard enough. true Natural ability is more important than effort for doing well in school. false I can do well on any assignment if I try hard enough. true If I do well on an assignment or a test, I think it is because of good luck. false An important reason why I do my work in class is because I want to improve my true performance. If I do poorly on an assignment or a test, it is usually the instructor’s fault. false Effort is more important than natural ability for doing well in school. true Your intelligence is something very basic about you that cannot change very much. false No matter how much intelligence you have, there is always room for improvement. true You can learn new things, but you cannot really...
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...November, psychology professor Carol Dweck welcomed a pair of visitors from the Blackburn Rovers, a soccer team in the United Kingdom’s Premier League. The Rovers’ training academy is ranked in England’s top three, yet performance director Tony Faulkner had long suspected that many promising players weren’t reaching their potential. Ignoring the team’s century-old motto—arte et labore, or “skill and hard work”—the most talented individuals disdained serious training. On some level, Faulkner knew the source of the trouble: British soccer culture held that star players are born, not made. If you buy into that view, and are told you’ve got immense talent, what’s the point of practice? If anything, training hard would tell you and others that you’re merely good, not great. Faulkner had identified the problem; but to fix it, he needed Dweck’s help. A 60-year-old academic psychologist might seem an unlikely sports motivation guru. But Dweck’s expertise—and her recent book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success—bear directly on the sort of problem facing the Rovers. Through more than three decades of systematic research, she has been figuring out answers to why some people achieve their potential while equally talented others don’t—why some become Muhammad Ali and others Mike Tyson. The key, she found, isn’t ability; it’s whether you look at ability as something inherent that needs to be demonstrated or as something that can be developed. What’s more, Dweck has shown that people can...
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...Growth mindset or fixed mindset, according to Carol S. Dweck studies in her article “Brainology” students either have a growth mindset or fixed mindset(1). I believe that not all students shine in every subject, but they do have subjects that come naturally to them, where they want to do better in. They also know they are going to strive in and their mentality does change to wanting to achieve in that subject. Now with a fixed mindset their mind shuts down and their self-esteem lowers and they are scared to try. So is it possible to have both mindsets? Dweck makes a good point about their only being two mindsets the growth mindset which is a believe that how smart a person can be is realized with learning and the fixed mindset is when the student makes a challenge a threat because they are afraid to fail.(1) She never states that students can have both mindsets where they can be good at one subject and be bad in another. Many students have one subject they enjoy the most and have the growth mindset of wanting to learn more, and they have subjects that doesn't come as naturally like others and have more of a struggle. I believe that every student can have a growth mindset and fixed mindset and it all depends on what subjects they like or dislike....
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...her team a researched on who is successful person in super challenging situations (for kids and adults). Finally, she found that the most important character trait (特性) to influence success was grit. Grit is sticking with your future, and working hard to make the future a reality. She made a survey about the grit influence of students in high school, and she found the students who have strong girt character can easily graduate. She was shocked that we know a little about grit, and we do not know how to build grit in kids, but according to the data, we know that grit was not related to the measure of talent. The best idea was building grit in kids in something called “growth mindset.” This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck. When they learned this method, they can preserve if they failed, because they believed that they cannot fail all the time. All in all (in conclusion), we need to become gritty, and then make our own kind grittier. Reference: Duckworth. A. L. (2013) the key to success? Grit. TED talk. Retrieved January 18, 2015 from http//www.tedtalks. Response1 Duckworth. (2013) explains that some of her stronger performance students do not have high I.Q scores. I...
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...In the book, The Talent Code, written by Daniel Coyle, it says that geniuses come from practice, dedication, and hard work, rather than being born with it and doing nothing to improve on their talent. Dweck states that there are two mindsets. One is a fixed mindset, where a person tends to avoid challenges, give up easily, ignore useful negative feedbacks, and easily feels threatened by others. The other one is growth mindset, where a person tends to embrace new challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, learn from criticism, and find inspiration from other successful people. Dweck says that “Although you might have one of these mindsets, you can still change them” (Fixed vs. Growth Mindset). Having a fixed mindset does some of its advantages,...
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...Anna Pfalzgraf LSFY 199 Domski 13 September 2015 A Rising Mindset; Reflection of Student Readiness Survey All my life I have had a burning passion for learning, exploring, and having new experiences. I am constantly working on expanding my comfort zone and working to be held accountable for being bold personally and academically. My student readiness survey was spot on and matched my personality traits exactly. I was not surprised by this because I think one of my strengths is knowing myself really well. I have a high level of self-awareness and strong sense of being emotionally connected. This works to my advantage because I am able to be honest with myself, in result providing me accurate and effective answers from the survey. For instance, on my survey in response to “It is important to me to finish what I start” it said my responses suggested that I have had some success in persisting and overcoming obstacles to accomplish my goals; to consider building on these successes by practicing coping skills that have previously worked. I agree with this response because more often than not I am able to adapt to any situation and be flexible enough to find a way to make sure everything gets done. Since this is not the case every time, I do need to build on these skills. I know that I am able to accomplish this, so, exactly what my survey said to do; use what has been successful to me in the past and try to put that into practice every time. Another example I thought to be accurate...
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...Although fixed and growth mindsets may sound and seem similar, one subtle difference makes the two polar opposites. For instance, a person with a fixed mindset believes “He’s a natural born athlete, it’s just God’s gift so why bother trying to be as good”. People like this are under the impression that they cannot achieve greatness due to their lack of confidence in themselves. This can cause people to take major setbacks in things they love to do, which can be fatal for their well-being. On the other hand, individuals with growth mindsets think, “He’s an outstanding athlete, if I work hard and practice everyday I too can be just as good an athlete.” People with growth mindsets are much more productive because they know if somebody is better...
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...Paragraph 1 – A group came to Dweck, a psychology professor, to ask why their athletes were not motivated to train more (talent was not a problem, the athletes were very skilled). Paragraph 2 – The suspected problem with the athletes was the belief ‘that star players are born – not made’ Working hard means the players are admitting a lack of talent. The star players are confident in their abilities. QUESTION What motivates you to work at something? Are ‘stars’ born? Or can people work hard to achieve the same ‘star’ status? Can confidence cause laziness? What was the ‘mind-set’ of the athletes? (see the chart and explain your answer to the group) Paragraph 3 – Dweck’s introduction and basic research. Dweck studies what makes people ‘reach their potential’ while other’s fail. Dweck said the reason why some try harder when other’s give up is how people view ‘ability.’ Dweck said people view ‘ability’ as either (1) something that comes naturally or (2) something that is developed through practice Paragraph 4 – Research Findings – If people open their mind to making an effort, big improvements are possible. QUESTION What does it mean to ‘reach your potential’? What is something you feel prevents your from reaching your potential when learning to do something new? What is the dictionary definition of ‘ability’? (search and scribe) Which definition of ‘ability’ do you agree with? What would you say most people in your culture agree with? In your opinion, how...
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...The purpose of Carol Dweck’s “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn” the audience seems to be parents, but primarily educators. According to Dweck’s article, a poll took place in the 1990’s among parents, and it was found that “almost 85 percent endorsed the notion that it was necessary to praise their children’s abilities.” Throughout her research with her graduate students, it was found what the students feel and believe about their brains.The author’s article states that teachers reported that growth mindset students were more engaged with school work after being praised for effort. The article mentions that the “next time you’re tempted to praise your students restrain yourself.” Throughout the article Dweck also presents...
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...But if you get the grade “Not Yet” you understand that you’re on a learning curve. It gives you a path into the future.” (Dweck). This hypothesis of “Not Yet” was emphasized in her 2014 TED Talk presentation. In contrast, many might argue that individual’s abilities cannot be altered and that effort is deemed unsatisfactory. It can be considered a flaw if someone happens to display interest in learning something new by posing questions and this automatically sends the message to others that the particular individual is not confident or not superior at what they do. In fact that is inaccurate and that the person should be praised for their effort in bettering themselves and this is the key element in Dweck’s hypothesis. Self-confidence is one of the most desirable traits to embody and the words “Not Yet” provides exactly that. Having said that, we all want to...
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...She graduated from Yale University with a PhD in Social and Developmental Psychology, honored with over 17 awards, published a Book of the Year by World Education Federation, featured in New York Times and The Washington Post, and valued as one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation (Courtesy, n.d.; MINDSET, n.d.). Those are just a few of the affiliations and accomplishments of Carol Dweck. Her careers include being a Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, holding professorships at Columbia and Harvard, and also lecturing all over the world. Her key contributions to education are her implicit theories of intelligence and beliefs about how ability and intelligence vary (Mind, n.d.). She talks about how it is important to have a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset in order to move forward in one’s ability to learn. These contributions are expressed in her book “Mindset”....
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...Most students at Anaheim schools would rather look smarter than actually be smart and retain knowledge, which doesn’t bode well for the students in college. For the students to be successful in college, the Anaheim schools need to supply and teach the students to use a growth mindset way of thinking instead of a fixed or lazy way of thinking. In the article "The secrets to Raising Smart Kids" by Carol Dweck conducted a study that shows that "teaching people to have a 'growth mindset,' which encourages a focus on effort rather than on intelligence or talent, helps make them into high achievers in school and in life." Having a growth mindset means that you think learning is more important the receiving good grades. Most of the students in Anaheim...
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...classroom at that time because I knew him since he was my classmate before when I was third year. I come and go out in the classroom together with him every day. There was a time that I took courage to look back and found out if there was a vacant chair because I am not comfortable anymore of those murmurs I heard from my classmates, that I am his girlfriend and he was my boyfriend which is not true. There was a group of girls at the back who approached me, so, I took my bag with me and sat beside them. Hervin did not wonder anymore because first and foremost he knew my reason. Then one day, we need to group ourselves for our MAPEH to perform an advertisement. I did not group myself with my seatmates, who are Beah, Joan, Carol, Rhona, Naide, and Jeannette. Instead, I go with Hervin’s group. My seatmates grouped got the first place even though they performance is like a big error but it is quite entertaining. A week after the performance, Beah and the other members of the group adapted me as part of the Syntax Error—hala uyy!! (group of our friendship) because they noticed that I am also a big error and we are all a big error which is funny. So, that’s how it started. The house of Beah was our favorite place to hang out if we don’t have a class or our teacher would dismiss us early. We would play, eat, sleep, and take a bath time there. We call her mama as if she was...
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...you call Jerry?”and later on “You tell Jerry to meet” although “will you call Jerry?” is a question it’s clear John only expects one answer and the second quotation is John telling Grace what to do as if he’s getting frustrated with Grace. Building on this if you put the phone call in context to where John is we again get this view of John that suggests he is a boss figure to these women, a superior socially and at work. This stems from the fact that during the phone call Carol is seated across the desk from John clearly waiting to discuss something with John perhaps to do with her work or his. Judging from the desk prop in the play we can deduce that this scene is taking place in an office of some sort yet John seems perfectly happy to have a long and clearly personal conversation in front of Carol without considering how rude and inappropriate it may seem to Carol and the audience. The audience here will feel Carols discomfort as Johns balancing of work and personal life shows a clear lack of respect for Carol. However despite all this Mamet does also characterise john as someone who is capable of showing a bit of affection and understanding in the opening speech. During the phone call with Grace he reassures her, “All right? I’m sure it’s going to be...” This contrasts with John’s callous nature in...
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