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1989 2011
- Became the William B. Ransford - Beckman Mentoring Award,
Professor of Psychology at Columbia Columbia University
University
- Distinguished Scientific Contribution FAILURE
Award, American Psychological
It is an indicator or stimulus that can awaken
Association
the mindset awareness of an individual.
- Gallery of Scientists, Federation of
Associations in Behavioral & Brain
Sciences FIXED-MINDSET INDIVIDUALS
- People who believe that their success - Dr. Dweck argues that this type of
is based on innate ability mindset will allow a person to live a
less stressful and more successful
GROWTH MINDSET life.
- People who believe that their success - They are more likely to continue
is based on hard work, learning, working hard despite setbacks.
training, and perseverance
- “… students understand that their
talents and abilities can be developed
through effort, good teaching and
persistence. They don’t necessarily
thing [think] everyone’s the same or
anyone can be Einstein, but they
believe everyone can get smarter if
they work for it.”
CONCLUSION
It is possible to encourage students to persist
despite failure by encouraging them to think
about learning in a certain way.