I have actually heard of Carol Dweck and the growth mindset. We learned about it in the Mythology and Folklore class I took last semester. The one thing that has been most challenging for me since coming to OU is learning to budget my time for each subject that I am taking. I find that too often I spend too much time on one subject and not enough on another. I am working on setting out certain time periods during the day to devote to each subject. What I have learned about myself since being at OU is that I learn best by writing the information down that is being presented to me. Just listening is not enough, I need to be able to write it down so that way it gets engraved in my mind. Since I learned about the Growth mindset last semester I probably wouldn’t be that interested in learning more about it. My learning goals is to get all my homework and quizzes done before Friday so that way I can have the weekend to relax. The one class I am excited about it Gender and James Bond, because it is being taught by one of my favorite teachers.
Growing Brain. (June 24, 2011)
Xavier Vergés. Source: Flickr
