I completely agree with Dweck’s Growth Mindset about the power of ‘not yet.’ Dweck is suggesting if a student got a failing grade, it is better to give him ‘Not Yet’ instead of ‘Failure’. This will make the students more confident about the future possibility because ‘not yet’ gives sign that he could be developed. In the elementary school, teachers can praise the improvements the kids are making. This will make the students put more effort on the tasks and they will eventually deal with more difficult tasks successfully. When I was transferring to other high school, the students there had high academic achievement during their school years. The competition was tough among talented students. Even if I didn’t have instructors to lead me, I learned how to not give up even if the results were not good. I believed that I could do better later and made progress on my academic achievement. Later I was chosen as a student who made the most academic improvement in our grade. As Dweck says, fixed mindset does not help. There are better results when I have a growth mindset.
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