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    1. Roy.Juarez 21 Aug 2025
      We praised the children in one group for their intelligence, telling them, "Wow, that's a really good score. You must be smart at this." We praised the children in another group for their effort: "Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard."

      I think I saw an experiment like this somewhere on Instagram. I noticed how easy it was to be influenced by words of another. I wonder what would have happened if some of the students saw another experiment similar prior to theirs, would their results be different?

    2. Roy.Juarez 21 Aug 2025
      Next time you're tempted to praise your students' intelligence or talent, restrain yourself. Instead, teach them how much fun a challenging task is, how interesting and informative errors are, and how great it is to struggle with something and make progress. Most of all, teach them that by taking on challenges, making mistakes, and putting forth effort, they are making themselves smarter.

      Once for a key-club community service event, we were teaching a group 3rd graders how to make some type of craft and art. After the students were done they had all of their art presented, but then I had ignorantly said "I really like this one" which is a big no no. I was then later told that I cannot say things like that because it might put another student down and keep them from trying other things in the future.

    3. Roy.Juarez 21 Aug 2025
      Can a growth mindset be taught directly to kids? If it can be taught, will it enhance their motivation and grades? We set out to answer this question by creating a growth mindset workshop (Blackwell, et al., 2007).

      I was introduced to the concept of Growth vs Fixed mindset very early on in my education. Even though I was taught this I would say I am fairly fixed on a lot of things and that I just cannot do something. As of now I would say I have a growth mindset, so I wonder if it can be as easy to change how you think with the flick of a switch?

    4. Roy.Juarez 21 Aug 2025
      But the biggest mistake was the belief that you could simply hand children self-esteem by telling them how smart and talented they are. Even though this is such an intuitively appealing idea, and even though it was exceedingly well-intentioned, I believe it has had disastrous effects.

      This reminds me of what Dr Alberto Gutierrez mentioned, in the story with one of his cousins. How his cousin was hyped up in highs-school, but when something challenging occurred he sort of crumbled and hid from the problem. How much is too much affirmation?

    5. Roy.Juarez 21 Aug 2025
      In fact, in many of our studies with students from preschool age to college age, we find that students with a fixed mindset care so much about how smart they will appear that they often reject learning opportunities

      I wonder how connected Fixed & Growth mindsets are to self-esteem. Can Fixed mindsets be changed depending on insecurity and positive and careful reinforcement? Or how do people with growth mindsets think about how others see them?

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