Thank you Claudia for you concise summary. I'll definitely be reading your PDF as well.
Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Claudia Stanny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dweck's research on mindset is solid, although the book Mindset is written > for a general audience (highly readable prose and all the citations in > footnotes buried in the back). > > I wrote a teaching tip based on Dweck's work (and the Mindset book) that > summarized the work and suggests how it might apply to learning in higher > education: > http://uwf.edu/cutla/publications/TeachingTip5.pdf > > The core idea in Dweck's work is that success and expertise are based on hard > work, deliberate practice, and excellent, timely feedback from a > knowledgeable coach. Certainly not the "easy fix" preferred by most > consumers of "pop science" who might mistake the title to imply that one > simply needs to have positive thoughts to excel. :-) > > The problem we all face is the mass of students who bought into the "talent" > myth: They believe if you don't have "talent," you should find something > else to do when learning something begins to require serious effort. This > myth gives short shrift to the importance of persistence and deliberate > practice, which the research on expertise (e.g., Ericsson) indicates is > critical for high levels of performance. > > Claudia > > _____________________________________________ > > Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. > Director > Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment > Associate Professor > NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar > School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences > University of West Florida > 11000 University Parkway > Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 > > Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) > > [email protected] > > CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ > Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been receiving emails about educational webinars featuring Dweck and > the ideas promoted in her book "Mindset: How We Can Learn to Fulfill Out > Potential". I have a couple of questions: > > (1) Has anyone read it? The description on Amazon appears to indicate that > it is a pop psych book for "success-oriented" people (perhaps like books on > the effective habits of successful people) but how much is hype and how much > is really research based? > > (2) Companies providing educational seminars seem to be promoting Dweck's > book and work, it seems to me that it is oriented to the pre-college crowd, > so, > has anyone at the college level tried to implement Dweck's recommendations? > What have been the results? Is there something here that all teachers should > be aware of and use in their teaching? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=26004 > or send a blank email to > leave-26004-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=26005 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-26005-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26014 or send a blank email to leave-26014-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
