Growth vs Fixed Minds

The video cast we were assigned to listen to this week was call "Growth vs. Fixed". The video cast was produced by The Stanford Institute of Technology. The video cast is about a study conducted by Carol Dweck who is a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck was interested in mindset of learning, she said that some people base heir activities on whether their intelligence is going to be noticed or not, while others want to learn. The study was composed of of two groups of students. One group were taught study skills, and the other group were taught study skills and growth mindset lessons. None of the participants were aware that there were two groups and two different teachings.

The study showed that students who were taught study skills only did not show improvement. She said that they lacked the motivation to do well. On the other hand the growth mindset group showed significant improvements and were even noticed by their teachers. She also stated that growth mindset is related to dealing with mistakes, accepting them and moving on. Dweck had conversation with a well renowned raqcong coach named Ross Bentley about the growth mindset.

This video was neat. It was cool to see the professor talk about her study and what she found. I think this is a great tool for situations like that, as far as telling of studies and similar things. I wish they would have shown some statistics as far as how much difference they lessons actually made. I really like the versatility of these video casts as far as the many uses that they have in the world of academia.