Friday, September 11, 2015
Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
Check out this TEDxNorrkoping video:
Provide a new example of what a Growth Mindset is and what a Fixed Mindset is. When have you responded to any type of adversity using the Growth Mindset? When have you responded to any type of adversity using the Fixed Mindset? Dive deep!
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A fixed mindset is when you are climbing a wall but you give up after the second try. A growth mind set is when you learn from climbing that wall and use what you failed in to get to the top. I used to be really fixed minded in middle school. I never joined any activities because I always thought about if I did I would just lose. Now that I'm older I see that even if I lose if I dont try I didnt give myself a chance.
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Lindsay Miller
ReplyDeleteA fixed mindset is playing a game against the best team in district and not even trying but a growth mindset is taking the game against the best team in district as a challenge to beat them. I really enjoyed this video and to be completely honest it made me realize that I have a fixed mindset because there are some days where I have to work and go to school and sometimes I'll skip class or work. However, when I stop to think about my future as a sign language interpreter I really put everything into perspective because that's my number one goal in life and that's what I strive for. Everyday is a challenge for me and I always make it through knowing what my true goal in life is.
A fixed mindset is when your competing with the best dancer just because she is good you give up and see yourself fail. Growth mindset is how great of a dancer she is and gives you the ability to work harder for yourself and keep pushing. After watching this video i have been a little of a fixed mindset, all I worry is about my job and money I sometimes forget why i come to college for and keep skipping.
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You just graduated from college and you are looking for a job to start your career. your first interview so you try again at a new place and that interview did not go well. a fixed mindset would probably get discouraged and feel that they went for school for nothing. A growth mindset might ask why they did not get the job or go over their interview skills to do better next time. I have come to realize that I have a fixed mindset, I sometimes get discouraged when I fail a math test because that is not my best subject and begin to feel like I shouldn't try. this is something I would really like to work on.
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A fixed mindset for example, is when someone is training for a competition and all of the sudden gives up on their training just because that person gets discouraged because they already lost before and so what is the use in trying again when " I'm just going to fail."
ReplyDeleteAnd a growth mindset is, when someone knows that they can improve themselves and learn from their previous mistakes and tries again on the competition, and they ask themselves is there something I can do better next time.
A time that I have had a growth mindset in adversity, is when I first got into college and I didn't do so well on one of my first exam, and so I used a growth mindset and made a list of things I did wrong or might have done wrong. And I worked hard on my studying for the next exam. And in having a growth mindset I learned how to look at a very difficult problem that I was having or am having, and I ask myself what I could have done or can do next time to improve.
A time that I have had a fixed mindset, is when I was trying to learn a new instrument that was very difficult to learn, and instead of trying my best I gave up trying to learn the instrument just because I thought it was to hard to learn and that I could never learn it, and now I really regret that decision. Someday I'm going to try again to learn that instrument because even if I still find it difficult to play, I'll still challenge myself, because in life there will always be challenges, but it's our responsibility on how we face those challenges and how we go about those challenges, I think it all depends on the type of person we want to grow and become.
Natalie S. ( Gust 0305.707)
A person has been working out all summer and has lost 20 pounds, but it has already been 3 weeks and have not lost anymore weight. With a fixed mindset this person would get discouraged, and give up working out because the scale isn't giving them the results they want. A person with a growth mindset would stay driven, ask themselves "What should I do different?", or maybe even "How can I continue to lose weight?"
ReplyDeleteI have had a fixed mindset before during my tennis tournaments in High School. I have never been coordinated, OR athletic. Joining Tennis was supposed to be for fun. When it would come to the tournaments I would pretty much go into every match knowing I would not win, which held me back from doing the best to my ability.
I have had a growth mindset when getting a bad grade on an assignment. Instead of dropping the class, or getting upset about it, I got more encouraged to try harder on all the other assignments I got in class to boost up my average. I did not let it phase me, and I pushed myself to do my best.
Danielle O'Bryant
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A fixed mindset is like when you know you can do something almost flawless. Like when I do my job at work I have no issues because I know what I need to do and when to have it done by.
ReplyDeleteA growth mindset is like when you need time to learn and to become flawless at something. Like jogging at first your slow but after a few weeks at it your time gets better and your body doesn’t get sour.
Pete T.
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Having a fixed mindset doesn't necessarily mean that you aren't intellectual but rather that you are in your comfort zone and don't see yourself being anywhere else but there. At an adverse time of my life that I ended up having a fixed mindset was when I was a lot younger, I went to a private elementary/junior high school, and the last year of junior high my mom switched me into a public school because we moved. Since I had already learned what this new school was learning, I was receiving all A's in my courses and got elected to be in the gifted program for successor students. Instead of doing it, I denied of wanting to go, because I wasn't comfortable with the idea and didn't know anyone, and would rather get an easy A than have to work harder for it. I guess you can say it was like an academic vacation for me.
ReplyDeleteA growth mindset is someone who wants continuous improvement and can live by the quote of "Good is the enemy of great." You never strive for anything less than that. When I was 18 years old, my senior year in high school I was enlisting into the United States Navy, and just had to wait until I was graduated with high school and can go to my basic training and pursue my career in the military as a Medical Officer. My last two weeks of high school I had suffered a heart attack from a rare condition called myocarditis. During the time of being admitted my Sr. Chief gave me the news that I could no longer enlist, and was being medically disqualified. This was one of the most heartbreaking news to hear, because this is what I wanted and this is what I was preparing myself for, for a year. Even though I felt like it could've been a stopping point and pursue something I wasn't going to be interested, I started researching different careers in the medical field, because ultimately medicine is a passion for mine and grew even more when I started learning about my condition. I took an incident and flipped it around and thought of how can I help people in the civilian world? Now I am majoring in health science to eventually become a Physicians Assistant for pediatrics. They are the future and they are fragile, we can mold them into the better life that we have hoped for.
L. Bearden
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A fixed mindset is walking into the gym for a championship game already thinking you’re going to lose because everyone has talked about how great the opponent team is.
ReplyDeleteA growth mindset is putting how good they are aside and still try your best to win that match no matter what the outlooks may seem like.
Melissa C.
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A fixed mindset is like quitting something you really love to do just because someone old you you wernt good enough. A growth mindset is taking what that person said as your motivation to get better. I used to be really fixed minded when i was in ballet because i wasnt good like the other girls, and i would always tell my mom i didnt wanna dance. And in highschool i had a growth mindset when i was in track, there was better irls than me but that made me try harder.
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A fixed mindset is when you have it in your mind that you can not do something. For example me, I always thought that I could not get in to college because I thought it would be to hard for me. That is what kept me from going to college for almost 10 years. A growth mindset is when I finally decided to get in to college to realize that i was not that incompetent to be in college. I can be in college and do good in it too. I keep telling myself that I can do this and that I will graduate from college. I know that if I keep telling myself this I will accomplish my goal to graduate.
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A fixed mindset is on in which one know you are about to have your hardest final, and then not even showing up. A growth mindset is one in which you study and prepare yourself for all of your finals, and going in there confident that you are going to do well.A time I responded to adversity with a growth mindset was when I was playing baseball.I kept striking out, and I knew that I could do better so, I kept practicing my hitting. I eventually got better and then began hitting the ball more than I struck out. A time I responded to adversity with a fixed mindset was when I was not going to pass a test so I did not show up for it.
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A fixed mindset is when you are working on something that you want but somebody comes and tells you that you are going to fail and you are not good enough and you let those comments get to you and you just quit trying. A growth mindset is wen you take all negative comments as motivation and show them that you can succeed. A time that I experienced fixed mindset when I was playing for a soccer club and I was training really hard and then I had some guys telling me that I sucked and I got tired of hearing them and I just quit playing soccer and stop playing for 3 years, till today I regret doing that.
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A fixed mindset is like someone not even trying to past their final exam. As for a growth mindset is someone who try's very hard to pass in every class. When I was done watching this video I saw myself as a fix mindset because I was always the one who gave up on everything. In class I would slack off a lot and get behind my grades because I would always skip class and never show up.
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