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Me and my wife often discuss on how we should help our children to learn. Especially if we see them making errors. Should we tell them that they made an error
by hasoleju 3y ago
Me and my wife often discuss on how we should help our children to learn. Especially if we see them making errors. Should we tell them that they made an error and show them the correct solution or should we wait to let them notice their error on their own.
The last part about the mindset of the learner gave me an interesting perspective.
The article explains the growth mindset and fixed mindset. The article suggest to nurture a growth mindset by rewarding successes and tolerating failures. Pointing out failures too often might make the learner switch to a fixed mindset.
- Jensson 3y ago> Pointing out failures too often might make the learner switch to a fixed mindset. Why? If they see they can learn to fix those errors doesn't it lead to growth mindset? Growth comes from learning that you can improve, and improvement comes from understanding that you aren't perfect and make errors and then learning to avoid those errors. People who got coddled and think they don't make errors don't have a growth mindset, they just think they are perfect as they are and there is nothing to improve. That is as close to fixed mindset you can get. You probably mean that pointing out errors is negative feedback and might make the kid feel bad. But it has little to do with growth or fixed mindset.
- hasoleju 3y agoYou are right. The key point is to only point out the error and let the learner come up with the correct solution by himself. This way they have positive feedback. The article mentions that learners can switch between growth and fixed mindset if they get frustrated while learning. >In reality, as we face setbacks and experience failure, people skew toward a fixed mindset because we are not sure where the boundaries of our abilities lie.