For my Academic Mindset Writing Process assignment, my conduction of the task was by myself but with some help from using my computer to research some of the material being focused on. I believe this was the best approach for me because the power of the internet that we have today is at such an effortless task to access, any questions or confusions I have can be answered from easy reach. My writing process had some difficult and easy parts, but the most difficult for me was having a more understanding on the two mindsets that I was wanting to describe so I could accurately argue my points with research behind them and make valid points. To argue and describe my mindset and reason behind it, research was needed to have a clearer mind of my argument. I also needed to reflect upon my past experiences, analyze my thoughts, and then predict the future with the same mindset based on my history of it. It was a challenge but with effort, I overcame the difficult task. I typed my draft on my PC at home about a week ago on Microsoft word and I feel like was a great approach versus just manually writing on paper. Typing for me is much faster and less fatiguing because when I write, especially a long essay, my arm and hands become exhausted. Any mistakes I make, I can easily delete and restart without a physical mess due to scribbles. My draft took about two days to produce. This I believe was a good approach because I took my time on the project, re-edited, and revised it to make sure it at least made sensible points.
I chose to write this topic because I believed it would reflect my writing process in the future and would be great practice for me to learn to become a better and more skilled writer. In the future, I plan to revise and adapt my writing process by having a new six-step process from this one:
The new six-step process I plan to follow is:
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With the eye-opening discoveries made by Carol Dweck, I can describe my mental status thus helping me to better understand myself as a student at DCCC as well as in my personal life. She describes, kids with “’fixed mindsets’ stop trying when confronted with a challenge because they've convinced themselves that they're not good at math or writing or whatever the subject is.” Then she describes the second mindset as “’growth mindset’ – the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work.” In her own website, she even explains what she has researched and her discoveries of these two mind sets. The one that best fits me is having a “growth mindset”. My growth mindset has guided me as a student to learn and has affected my abilities as a student.
I do believe my intelligence can grow to at least a certain extent with practice and effort. On that note, this has led me to overcome difficulties in my college work and carve the techniques needed to succeed in my academic progressions. Forwarding my attitude in a progressive manner, my knowledge of my ability in making breakthroughs in a colligative respect has proceeded over threats against my intellectual prosperity. For example, in my Spanish class, there is a lot to learn in such a short period with tests and quizzes almost every week. With a fixed mindset, my ability to defeat this speedbump would stagnate my motivation thus have me escape from the problem without endeavor. However, my acuity and willpower thrusts me to budget my time wisely and apply effort to the material needed to comprehend extensively. With time management and self-discipline, just about anything can be accomplish thus my growth-mindset has drawn me to accomplish what a person with a fixed-mindset wouldn’t do. Now the argument could be made that mindset isn’t really important but it is the way our education system is set up as Alfie Con argues in his article, “The perils of ‘Growth Mindset’ education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system”. He pretty much says that having a mindset “will get you only so far” and must go beyond mindsets then focus on structure and the reason for doing projects. The problems with this is that it’s a copout. It is devoid of any real substance and mainly based on subjective thoughts with barely any evidence to support his claims. His article is mostly comprised of insipid pap. The drivel he typed is mainly derived of unenlightened ramblings that continue to dribble on long enough to suffer from finger ache from scrolling down his endless, lengthy tirade. Besides this one particular author, anyone can argue that having a certain mindset is unimportant but the strategies used outside of mindsets is important. This can be true to a certain extent; however, a certain mindset needs to be established in order to better strategize the skills and techniques used in the academic atmosphere. In conclusion to all of this, we as a collective species can learn and grow mentally and the best way to learn this is from experience. If you don’t believe that having a growth-mindset wouldn’t help you in an academic environment, at least give it a try. Test out the hypothesis and experiment to see if you can find any evidence to this hypothesis. It may not work for everybody because I do feel that it CAN help. At least for most people who are struggling to get through school whether it is kindergarten or college. It has really helped to set forth the accomplishments I’ve made and can help you as well. Start by informing yourself about the different mindsets through research and even possibly buying or checking out Carol Dweck’s book, “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”. Maybe watch some YouTube videos about it and listen to what other people have experienced with it. Then practice to overcome your challenges with effort. Through research and exercise of your brain by certain skills such as reading and judgement, you can see to it that your academic level grows and you become mentally stronger as a person. Going through college, especially is tough at times but if you apply a growth mindset, you can bust through it and celebrate your success. Carol Dweck’s discoveries have helped me to explain how I achieve my intellectual work and maybe her discoveries can explain yours and by that I wish good luck to you. In the book, “Teaching Adolescents To Become Learners” from the UCHICAGOCCSR, four academic mindsets are presented as: (1) belonging, (2) growth mindset, (3) self-efficacy, and (4) relevance/purpose. Out of one of these mindsets, I feel the best importance for my academic success at DCCC is growth mindset. This particular attitude in my educational environment has spectated to me of being the most affective mode of psyche.
Having a growth mindset is extremely important to me due to the history of my accomplishments with this productive mentality. Past experiences with overcoming scholastic chores in the school ecosystem have collided with my character of elastic stability. Many may think otherwise that mental growth would conflict with the social status quo. Being too soft on someone’s mind isn’t diving deep enough into the sea that is knowledge. There is a massive ocean out there waiting to be explored. Any other mentality set, alone, for me is not going to equip me with the needed tools to explore to the level of my satisfaction. Self-motivation provides me with great tools for me to reach far and beyond what is expected. I know that I can grow my intelligence by providing or being provided the tools of comprehension. The more I comprehend, the more knowledge I have to work with, therefore I get more supplied with practice and not only exercise, but anew my paths of mind exercising. The use of different varieties of techniques can improve my intelligence at least to some degree. In DCCC, my mindset can help me to achieve higher grades and more learning from the understanding that I can overcome the speedbumps in my academic setting. In conclusion, my mindset has, does, and always will be the most important tool of my life. It is very important to me to overcome difficult tasks and grow as a person, because life won’t always throw me the stick. Sometimes, I have to work for it. This can very well lead me to achieve higher standards and goals. Upon the inspection of the two articles, Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research , Carol Dweck Says (Carol Dweck) and The Perils of "Growth Mindset Education" [...] (Alfie Kohn), they both reflect the ideas of fixed mindset and growth mindsets from two different perspectives. It’s great to be exposed to different arguments because it helps to prevent a bias point of view. In the article “Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says”, the author explains that a Stanford University psychology professor named Carol Dweck discovered two different mentalities in students including “growth mindset” and “fixed mindset”. In the article, it is explained that the professor has studied and tested her theory of the two mindsets’ progressiveness and has concluded from her studies that students with a growth mindset have a better chance of success than students with a fixed mindset. It is later described that the educator’s discoveries have lead to widespread knowledge to many classrooms and has in fact changed status quo throughout the educational environment.
“The perils of ‘Growth Mindset’ education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system” is an article, unlike the first one, is presented in a first person perspective and argues against Dweck’s idea of “growth mindset”. Alfie Kohn, the author quarrels in resistance to the widespread “cultural meme” as he describes it, by injecting his belief that the “growth mindset” hypothesis is a failure based on a 2010 study linked in his post. He goes on to imply that the solution for students’ academic achievements is to fix the educational system by engaging in the consultation of the children’s work and inviting to search for more answers. More of his personal beliefs are implanted throughout his thesis then ends with his conclusion that a “mindset will get you only so far.”. In a fixed mindset, the person believes that their intelligence is a fixed trait as part of a genetic happenstance, therefore cannot be improved. In a growth-mindset, the person believes that their intelligence can be improved from effort. I myself have a growth mindset because I do believe that intelligence is based on environmental upbringings and influences. Intelligence can be changed at least somewhat from skill expansion techniques. Although Scientists are not completely sure if genetics are a factor in an individual’s cognitive levels based on my searches, that is not to say that it cannot be somehow changed at least insignificantly. |
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