How did 5th graders’ respond to receiving one or the other of these types of praise? Why might praising innate ability promote a fixed mindset while praising effort promote a growth mindset?
After viewing the video you can see the facial expressions of some of the students when praised one child seemed uncertainty about the praise but the student who was praised for working hard showed an expression of acceptance. as in "yes I did" . I feel that praising students who have a fixed mindset makes them feel as if they are only good at the task that they did well on. If they didn't do well on another task they do not want to take that challenge again. They want to stick to tasks that they know they wil do well on so that they can receive praise rather than no praise. These students need encouragement and motivation to know that just because a task seems difficult doesn't mean you are any less smarter you just have to work harder and take challeMeg's. When you are praising students you are letting them nknow thaey have done a job well. This encourages them to want to continue to do well . If a student completes a task that they are unsure of and they are successful and receive praise it makes them want to take on more task and more challenges because of the job well done. They want to continue to grow as teachers we have to praise and encourage our students to push themselves harder and challenge them to grow.
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