Dwecks theory of development

Question 1

What does mindset mean?

Answer 1

Mindset is a set of beliefs someone has that guides how thet respond to or interprets a situation

Question 2

What does ability mean?

Answer 2

What someone can do, such as maths ability or ability to play football.
Dwecks suggests abaility can be seen as either fixed and innate or as able to be improved

Question 3

Effort

Answer 3

When you try to do better using determination

Question 4

Fixed mindset

Answer 4

Believing you abilities are fixed and unchangeable
Example - I am bad at football

Question 5

Growth mindset

Answer 5

Believing that practise and effort can improve your abilities

Question 6

Dwecks theory from experiment

Answer 6

It was found that praising students ability led them to fixed mind set and were vulnerable to issues such as coping with setbacks. Praising effort led students to sticking at things (perseverence)

In another experiment it was found that low achiving students who learned to use the growth mindset did better than those in control group who did not have that learning

Question 7

Strengths

Answer 7

There is supporting evidence for the mindset theory which means there is evidence so it is true

Question 8

Weakness

Answer 8

Studies on mindsets tend to ignore the effects on giving feedback that doesn’t have judgement in it. This is a weakness because it can affect the childs mindset progress leading to them not being to improve