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Saturday, June 07, 2008
14 Stations of . . . . . Check out 6. Best practice parenting: Performance goals. vs. Learning goals. The nutshell: Students for whom performance is paramount want to look smart even if it means not learning a thing in the process. For them, each task is a challenge to their self-image, and each setback becomes a personal threat. So they pursue only activities at which they’re sure to shine—and avoid the sorts of experiences necessary to grow and flourish in any endeavor. Students with learning goals, on the other hand, take necessary risks and don’t worry about failure because each mistake becomes a chance to learn. Dweck’s insight launched a new field of educational psychology—achievement goal theory.
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1 Comments:
Well, that #10 sermon kinda pisseth me off....not really.
That is quite easily the first, and hopefully only sermon I'll ever hear on the subject.
Or were you going to engage in some creative plagarism and preach this in Chapel?
very funny stuff, JD, very funny stuff
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