Fixed OR Growth? You Choose!!

The pod cast that was viewed was about the research of what mindset was better, fixed or growth. Carol Dweck did some research on a class to see if students prosper and learn more with a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. A fixed mindset is when students only want to learn things in the way they have always learned it, so they can feel extra smart. A growth mindset is when students don't mind learning new things in a more challenging way. Students have the tendency to grasp more in a growth mindset.
Carol Dweck did her research with a class, where she divided the class in half. One-half of the class was taught using their fixed mindset. The other half of the class was taught using their growth mindset. Once the students returned back together after eight weeks, everyone noticed that the half of the class that were taught with their growth mindset had a tremendous advance in their study habits and schoolwork. the half with the fixed mindset, stayed about the same from where they started.
As a teacher, i would rather have my students learn with their growth mindset. They will be eager and excited to learn and try things in a more challenging way. As a student myself, i think i would have rather learned things in a more challenging way. It makes you even smarter!!