Develop a growth mindset for better learning!

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just get perfect scores in all of your exams, tests, assignments and projects? In the short term, this would be great, however long term – it’s not a good thing! Your overall development as a student will suffer if everything was easy all the time.

Sound weird? It is true! Tackling problems is a vital part of exploring what you are really capable of.

There are two different types of mindsets: Fixed and Growth. There are many differences between them, like someone with a fixed mindset believes you are either smart or not and there’s not a lot you can do about it. But someone with a growth mindset believes that effort is the path to success, and that challenges are valuable.

Placed side by side, this is how the two mindsets compare…

Fixed Mindset (Intelligence is static) Leads to a desire to look smart and therefore a tendency to…	Growth Mindset (Intelligence can be developed) Leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to…
…avoid challenges	…embrace challenges
…give up easily	…persist in the face of setbacks
…see effort as fruitless or worse	…see effort as the path to mastery
…ignore useful negative feedback	…learn from criticism
…feel threatened by the success of others	…find lessons and inspiration in the success of others
As a result, they may settle early and achieve less than their full potential.	As a result, they reach ever-higher levels of achievement.
All this confirms a deterministic view of the world.	All this gives them a greater sense of free will.

Perfection is an illusion, something for all students to strive towards, which means that falling short is probably going to happen. But don’t worry, that’s actually a good thing!

The Assisted Learning Centre is located in the coastal town of Fish Hoek on the False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula. Our main aim is to provide all students with the excellent learning resources and outstanding teaching and tutoring. Are you interested in enrolling? We encourage you to contact us today! info@assisted-learning.co.za