tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post9074942156941399754..comments2024-03-26T02:12:57.833-05:00Comments on Arloa Sutter's Blog: The Advantage of Having a Growth MindsetArloa Sutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01458323313949717653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19051874.post-50338521211459050622007-04-07T22:02:00.000-05:002007-04-07T22:02:00.000-05:00Great stuff. Reminiscent of the work of Harvard d...Great stuff. Reminiscent of the work of Harvard dudes Ronald Ferguson and Jeff Howard dealing with issues of efficacy -- how teachers limit student achievement (and students limit themselves) because of something as simple as belief (idea that innate intelligence is a fallacy and that success/achievement comes from effective effort, which is bolstered by belief). Ferguson talks about how teacher perception of student ability is so powerful, and how schools should have a 'learning orientation' rather than a performance orientation (the goal should not be getting something perfect the first time, but learning and experimenting, a.k.a. problem-solving, which is what successful people do -- try something, figure out what does/ does not work, and try something else until the task is done). Sounds very much like Dweck's growth mindset. Good to also study Ferguson's idea of stereotype threat. I think it explains a lot of why inner city kids I know and love don't succeed academically. <BR/>www.efficacy.orgthabereanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752366945473613757noreply@blogger.com