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Aren't there articles already that clearly explain practice doesnt make perfect? I never properly understood what Carol Dweck is actually proposing. Can somebod
by perseusprime11 10y ago
Aren't there articles already that clearly explain practice doesnt make perfect? I never properly understood what Carol Dweck is actually proposing. Can somebody clarify if there is a 3 step methodology here?
- jm_l 10y ago1. Your ability to perform a skill is dependent on both how much you work on it and how much innate ability you have 2. Kids often get frustrated and lose motivation to work on improving when they think their work doesn't matter 3. Instilling a "growth mindset" means that they don't end up with a skewed view of how much innate ability matters because their frustration prevented them from putting in the work, and ultimately allows them to perform more skills better
- perseusprime11 10y agoThanks. So, what do we tell our kids? Focus on skills they are passionate about instead of getting bogged down with skills they are not good at?
- closed 10y agoPerfection is a pretty high bar! Most researchers who argue that practice isn't sufficient for being the best at something still view meaningful practice as extremely useful in a broad range of circumstances. (see an article on Brooke Macnamara's work here: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/becoming-an-expert-takes-more-than-practice.html http://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/becoming-a...).
- EnFinlay 10y agoI'm not sure what a 3 step methodology is, so I can't answer that way. From what I know about this subject, she is proposing communicating to children that they have the ability to alter their own abilities. This is in contrast to the attitudes like "I am just not good at math" or "They did it easily because they're gifted". These attitudes are undesirable because challenges (things that you cannot currently do) are avoided rather than attempted.