When working on this project I worked with my mom and myself to compose my project. I thought my approach was a good approach because I have younger siblings and cousins who look up to me for me to see how they adapt to learning and growing. The most difficult part of my writing process was getting focused and actually sitting down and writing because I am a procrastinator who will literally procrastinate until the very last minute. I overcame it by finally just telling myself that in order to maintain a good grade I need to get it done. I wrote this project extremely later than I should have; it was not a good approach. I wrote this project at home, which also was not a good approach because it was difficult for me to get focused and write. I chose to write my chosen topic because I am a growth mindset and feel that it is important to elaborate on it for people who don’t know much about a growth mindset or mindsets in general. In the future if I chose to revise this project, I will definitely give myself ample time needed to start and finish the project, work somewhere that I can focus and get as much work and revision done as possible.
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After reading Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners [...] (Chicago University), I found that my academic mindset is growth mindset. I chose growth mindset because in order to succeed in school, you must put in the effort required. I believe that with hard work and effort I am an amazing student. I’ve come to realize that my effort and level of focus shows in my work. If I’m focused and everything is going good for me, my work will reflect that. If I’m not focused, stressing out, have a million things going on then that will also reflect in my work. I tend to give bad quality work or academic effort when I’m not focused like I usually am. For some reason, I feel the need to perfect everything I do. I hate to say it, but yes, I am a perfectionist especially when it comes to my school work. I constantly try to improve myself from the last semester or last academic year to see what steps I could take to better myself as a student. A growth mindset is the best for me to achieve academic success at DCCC because my college years are all about growth in every aspect of my life. Keeping the “I can do this” mindset has always been the best for me when it came to school, only I can make myself successful. If I keep the mindset of always wanting to improve and better myself, that’s all I’ll do. I can’t wait for things to fall into place or work out in my favor; I have to make it happen, personally and academically. I’ve always said “there are two things in this world nobody can take from you, your talent and your education”. That’s the motto I’ve been living by since high school and it has kept me grounded and focused most of the time.
When most people hear of growth and fixed mindsets they have to research it a little bit. It’s not a common topic of many conversations. People with fixed mindsets believe that things like their intelligence and talents are just fixed traits that cannot be changed. People with growth mindsets see their abilities and qualities as things that can change and be developed.
When reading the article by Carol Dweck I think she explains growth mindset very good. In Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says she talks about how too much praise isn’t good and praising for the wrong things can be harmful as well. She speaks on how children of today’s society have fixed mindsets because they either receive too much praise, are praised for the wrong things or are nagged instead of helped when faced with challenges. Instead of giving too much praise or nagging too much, finding strategies and what works for someone will allow them to improve more. While telling someone they’ve done a good job and rewarding them with kind words doesn’t sound bad, in most cases it causes more harm than good. Giving children the proper basic skills or help they have room for infinite improvement and growth. Although I wasn’t a big fan of Alfie Kohn’s article, he made a few valid points in my opinion. In his article, The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system Alfie Kohn says “kids typically end up less interested in whatever they were rewarded or praised for doing, because now their goal is just to get the reward or praise”. I agree with that statement because it’s something that me and many other people do. If you know you’ll be rewarded for something, nine times out of ten, you’re only doing it for the reward. I think that was a great point to comment on. I believe I’m a growth mindset academic wise. When it comes to school work it’s completely up to me and what I can do. |
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