Saturday, March 19, 2011

WORLD OF LEARNING: CONFIDENCE AND FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE

"One Hour Confidence Exercise Can Boost GPA, Study Finds" Curriculum Matters Blog/Education Week 3-17-11

I can't find it, but there was another well-known study a few years ago that used similar evidence to arrive at similar findings. My suspicion is that it was done by Carol Dweck.

I did find a connection to seventh graders.

There's a rather fine balance here. Students need to be confident but not so confident that they feel they don't really have to learn. David Brooks addressed this issue in a recent column called "The Modesty Manifesto."

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