Carol Dweck on Performance Assessment Transcript
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EnVisions Schools
Expert commentary by:
Carol Dweck
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Carol Dweck: I'm Carol Dweck. I'm a professor of psychology at Stanford University.
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Carol Dweck
Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Author, "Mindset"
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Carol Dweck: In my research we've discovered that some students have a fixed mindset. They believe their basic capacities are just these fixed traits. They have a certain amount of intelligence, a certain amount of talent and that's that. Other students disagree. They thing their intelligence, their abilities, their talents, can be developed through effort, good strategies and help from others. This creates a growth mindset. A growth mindset is really central in
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motivation to learn. It orients kids toward learning and it allows them to keep their motivation when it's difficult, or when they're making mistakes. In EnVision, they're taking kids who had kind of minimal academic training, minimal aspirations for what they could do in life and they're getting them to do these projects that take a tremendous amount of self-
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discipline, and they need to defend it in this rigorous way. They need to reach incredibly high standards. Research has shown, research by my colleague Jeff Cohen, that that is a winning combination: setting very high standards but assuring students that you've done that because you know they can reach them. It's
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extremely motivating, and also, to help these kids understand that it's not other people who are born smart. It's you who can join them. It's you, who through this learning, can become smarter and smarter over time, to take your place in a world that's making these contributions. As we saw with EnVision, the ownership is a really crucial factor. Often, kids are
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asked to learn something in school. They don't see the reason, they don't see the purpose. It's not something they find enjoyable. But if it's their project, they've chosen it, they've committed to it, and they've developed it over a long period of time, it's unique. It's not like anyone else's. That's, I think, a perfect vehicle for seeing how your skills develop over
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time, how your expertise develops over time, through persistent learning. My colleagues and I have identified the factors that can address the doubts and fears of students who have not come from advantaged backgrounds. So it's a growth mindset about your intelligence, the fact that it's not something you're born with; it's something you can create. It's
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creating, second, a sense of purpose, the idea that you're doing school so you can make a contribution to your family and the world. That it has inherent value for that is very, very motivating. The fact that you belong, that school is a place that you belong, it's not for
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some other kind of person, it's for you, and that maybe you didn't recognize this right away, but you recognize it over time. And the fact that we set very, very high standards, but we will take you there. It's a journey that we're taking together.
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69 Comments
Carl DeShay Apr 18, 2024 11:09pm
1. How does a growth mindset encourage motivation?
Growth mindset plays a significant role in motivation by affecting how students perceive challenges and setbacks. Students with a growth mindset believe intelligence and abilities can be developed through effort and perseverance.
2. What is the impact of communicating high expectations?
The impact of communicating high expectations leaves room for improvement through hard work and dediaction. When students believe that their abilities can grow, they are more likely to be successful in school and in life.
3. How does using portfolio defense as performance assessment encourage a growth mindset?
By using performance assessment encourages a growth mindset by rewarding the process of learning over the outcome of achieving a certain grade.
Gregory Broussard Sep 19, 2023 11:46am
1. A growth mindset creates a lifelong learner motivated in his/her educational experiences. It creates a sense of purpose and a feeling that he/she belongs. In addition, the student has internal motivation for when his/her educational experience is difficult and mistakes are made in the process.
2. When high expectations are communicated the teacher helps students understand they are not less smarter than other students. They can join and become just as smart or smarter over time, but it is a journey. The teacher explains that they will make the journey together in order for the student to be successful.
3. Portfolio defenses as performance assessments create ownership and accountability. The student can reflect upon his/her growth, progress, and both successes and failures. It creates a lifelong learner having chosen, committed, and developed their work. Thus, it is unique to each student and provides opportunities for the parents, students, and teachers to see how skills and expertise develop over time.
Michael Daigre Sep 9, 2023 10:46pm
A growth mindset wants continued growth throughout the learning process. This type of mindset is not settled with staying at the same level. Communicating high expecations only drive the learning process for the growth mindset student to achieve higher. The portfolio defenses allows students to reflect on their improvements and measure their performance.
Nakeisha Gardner Aug 9, 2023 9:06am
DeAnna Granger Jul 23, 2023 2:46pm