Growth mindset
- 1. GROWTH MINDSET WILLIE HAWKINS GRACE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
- 2. WHAT A GROWTH MINDSET IS: • 1. A mindset that understands talents and abilities. • 2. A mindset that believes everyone is not equal in intelligence. • 3. An attitude of perseverance. • 4. People who value effort and overcome adversity.
- 3. WHAT A FIXED MINDSET IS: • 1. People who believe everyone is the same. • 2. People that are malleable. • 3. People who think talents and abilities are fixed traits. • 4. People who are easily influenced and settle for normality.
- 4. HOW TO CHANGE A FIXED MINDSET: • A. Recognize challenge as an opportunity to learn. • B. Believe exerting effort is valuable. • C. Learn through active process by asking the following questions: A. What did I do? B. Why did I do It? C. What did I learn?
- 7. REFERENCES • bemycareercoach.com/soft-skills/growth-mindset-definition.html • https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.gbcol.edu/pubidlinkhandler/sng/pubtitle/Journal+of+International+Education+Research/ $N/2026732/PagePdf/1655539157/fulltextPDF/F741BFCE5F6F4C4APQ/23?accountid=54847 • Wiersema, Janice A.; Licklider, Barbara; Thompson, Janette R.; Hendrich, Suzanne; Haynes, Cynthia; Thompson, Katherine • Learning Communities: Research & Practice, v3 n2 Article 3 2015