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In seeing and listening to this podcast made by Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology explained how some students have a fixed mindset and their basic intelligence is a fixed trait and worry about how they conduct studies or tasks if they will look smart or feel smart at all. Others may think that intelligence is something that can be developed with incoming new knowledge by exercising the brain. The more the brain muscle is used the stronger it gets. Every time the brain is used it increases intellectual skills.

The growth mindset was taught to two groups, with an eight session workshop. GroupI was taught study skills and a growth mindset and GroupII was taught all study skills. The fixed mindset study skills group didn't have motivation to put the skills learned into practice, while the growth mindset group soared and applied what they learned and their grades even showed improvement in school.

I liked the statement she used about the "driver." The difference in a winning driver and losing driver is what they do with the mistakes made. I personally have had this type of issue in my classroom. We always want to do our best and stand out from the rest. I try and apply all my new knowledge to my studies and my work. I feel that the podcasts we hear may not be the way we would have delivered them or our course of action, but there's something to be learned from them and can be applied in our studies or jobs. As a teacher, I will continue to listen and read more to strengthen my own self and forward my new knowledge to others in the education field.