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B1 Intermediate English 10:25 Educational

The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck | TED

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B1

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The power of yet.

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I heard about a high school in Chicago

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where students had to pass a certain number of courses to graduate,

00:22

and if they didn't pass a course, they got the grade "Not Yet."

00:28

And I thought that was fantastic,

00:30

because if you get a failing grade, you think, I'm nothing, I'm nowhere.

00:34

But if you get the grade "Not Yet",

00:37

you understand that you're on a learning curve.

00:40

It gives you a path into the future.

00:44

"Not Yet" also gave me insight

00:48

into a critical event early in my career,

00:52

a real turning point.

00:54

I wanted to see

00:56

how children coped with challenge and difficulty,

01:01

so I gave 10-year-olds

01:04

problems that were slightly too hard for them.

01:09

Some of them reacted in a shockingly positive way.

01:14

They said things like, "I love a challenge,"

01:18

or, "You know, I was hoping this would be informative."

01:23

They understood that their abilities could be developed.

01:29

They had what I call a growth mindset.

01:33

But other students felt it was tragic, catastrophic.

01:38

From their more fixed mindset perspective,

01:43

their intelligence had been up for judgment,

01:47

and they failed.

01:50

Instead of luxuriating in the power of yet,

01:55

they were gripped in the tyranny of now.

01:59

So what do they do next?

02:01

I'll tell you what they do next.

02:04

In one study, they told us they would probably cheat the next time

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