Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology said that " some students have a fixed mindset and believed that their basic intelligence is just a fixed trait". Most students wonder if they are going to be smart or if they will look smart to other students. Carol Dweck, developed a eight section course workshop that split students up into two groups ( a study skill) and ( fixed mindset) workshop group. "Brainology" in New York , fixed mindset students nose dived, and growth mindset students were able to soar. Dweck believed that the brain is like a muscle it grows as we learn new information and store it. After the eight section work shop teachers were able to pick out students were in the growth mindset workshop without knowing which students were in that section.
As a teacher, I think it is very important that we motivate students to learn and that the brain does grow as it learns new information.
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