Question 1

Question 1

You are either good at maths or you are not

What do beliefs would reveal about people mindsets

Motivation

Answer 1

If students believe they are not good at completing task then they would develop a lack of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation towards completing tasks

Question 2

What is the difference between growth mindset and fixed mindset
Include examples

Answer 2

Growth mindset
Dweck believes that people with growth mindsets believe that they can develop their own basic abilities through hardwork and making mistakes

Fixed Mindset
Dweck believe that people with fixed mindset believe that their abilities can not be develop they like to document their achievements

Question 3

How do teachers belief impact on students learning

What practical approaches can they use to foster growth mindset in students

Answer 3

Teacher - fixed mindset would allow praise students who have only achieved all or most answer correct and avoid given praise to students who have made mistake leading students all of them to develop a fixed mindset and forming them in not developing past their present abilities.

Constructivism

Knowledge is actively created
Knowledge is built upon reflection on physical and mental actions

Constructivism - examine student errors made during mathematical tasks and the misconceptions that they had formed and allow them to reflect on the positive feedback you provide them