My Honest Opinion of the "Growth Mindset"
I'll start off by saying that my opinion on this idea is very mixed, and I can't confidentially say whether I support it or not. However, there are specific aspects that are interesting to me. 1) Don't Reward Correctness, Reward Process: - This idea is challenging for me because I really believe that both should be rewarded. When I was a kid, getting rewarded for a right answer, no matter how easy or hard I had to try, just made me want to be right more. I studied more, I payed more attention, and participated more because I liked being rewarded. On the other hand, I can see how something being too easy shouldn't be rewarded. If something is as easy to someone as 2 + 2, why should they be rewarded for knowing the answer? Well, what if it took them three years of research, development, and analysis to find the answer? That's why this aspect is difficult to me. 2) Easy Shouldn't Be the Comfort Zone, Challenging Should Be. - I personally agree with this. Rewa...