"Growth vs "Fixed" Minds

This was a video podcast done by Standford University were a psychologist did a study on two groups of children. One was a group which they called the fixed minds were before they do a task they want to know if they are going to look smart when doing it. In this group all they were given were study skills nothing else and they found that throughout the year that it did not help out much if the students were not motivated in the first place.
The second group was the growth mind set group. This group of children were taught that there brain was like a muscle and it would grow over time. That the brain got stronger with use. They could increase there intellectual skill, that people did not make fun of babies as they were learning new things. They were given an article to read that taught them how to apply this to their schoolwork. Throughout the year the teachers did not know that this had been done but were able to point out what children were using the growth mindset and which were not.
I think that there was a very important lesson learned when doing this experience. That children need to know that it is ok to ask questions, it is ok to make mistakes but that learning from the mistakes that they are making is going to make them smarter and more confident. You can't just through something at a student and expect them to learn it all and take it in. It needs to be a hands on process. A process in which they can apply every piece that they are learning to what is put in front of them. The most important thing is a child's confidence. The children that are scared of looking dumb are the ones that are going to loose out because they are afraid to ask questions. We need to teach the children that this is learning and that everyone is making their brains stronger everyday with the new things that we comprehend.