Through iTunes Universities can show the world what's going on! Stanford University has a video on iTunesU about children with growth and fixed mindsets. Carol Dweck is on the “Growth vs. Fixed Mindsets' discussing children and their mindsets. There was a study performed on students on their mindsets. Some of the students had a fixed mindset and they felt as if the cannot learn more than what they know now. But there is a better way to think, everyone has the ability to continue learning. This refers to the growth mindset. When students think the their minds can expand they are more apt to learn. If they think it is possible then they will try to accomplish it.
The study informed students that their mind could grow. The students were taught that they could learn constantly. The grades of the students learning the growth mindset improved. The teachers in the classrooms could tell the children were improving. They did not know which students were being taught that mindset, but could tell they were improving.
Having the growth mindsets allow us to understand that it is possible to learn even as you are getting older. Being a teacher for students, it is really important for to understand that we need to learn each day. Each student is different and they each need different attention. Seeing each one and learning about them is important. When you have a growth mindset it will be easier for you.
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