The perils and promises of praise

Reading Exercise On Dweck

Directions:

Read “The Perils and Promises of Praise” by Carol Dweck in Read Write Connect on pages 4-19. This assignment is worth 50 points out of 1000.

Answer as much as possible in your own words. Don’t answer only by copying something from the article. Answer in sentences and as fully and completely as you can.

1. On pages 4-5 Green and Lawlor, the authors of the textbook, suggest you take seven steps to preview the Dweck article before reading. The purpose of previewing is to learn about the article so that you better understand it when you read it. Take these seven steps that the authors suggest. After you have done so, select four of the steps and tell below what specifically you learned by taking them. What you learned should refer to Dweck’s article and should demonstrate your comprehension of that content. Also, refer clearly to what each step is so that your ideas will be clear to the reader. (25 points)

2. The title of the article “The Perils and Promises of Praise” suggests that Dweck believes praise can be good (promising) or not so good (perilous). Explain the difference between these two kinds of praise. What makes one good and the other not so good? Look around in your environment in the next few days and listen for examples of people praising others. How many of them can be classified as either the good type or the not so good type. Write here about what you have observed. Does Dweck’s idea seem valuable? (25 points)

3. What is the difference between a fixed mind set and a growth mind set as they are defined in Dweck’s article? Explain it in your own words, but be sure that you are giving Dweck’s meaning. How do Dweck’s terms relate to yourself? Are you clearly in one category or the other, or is it possible that you have a dual mind set, sometimes using a fixed mind set and other times a growth mind set? Explain by giving an example or examples and show what you mean by that example. (25 points)

4. For this question, you have two choices: A or B. Choose only one. If you have the book, choose A. If you don’t have the book, choose B.

A. Look at the four illustrations that accompany the article. They are on p. 6, 8, and 10. Select one of these illustrations and describe it precisely. Imagine that you are trying to make someone who can’t see the illustration see it as well as you do. After your description, explain how what is depicted in that illustration relates to what the article is about. Can you see more than one relationship between the image and the article? Explain each one you see. Finally, how do the three illustrations relate to one another? How do the three of them together give ideas of what Dweck’s article is about? (25 points)

B. Imagine how you would illustrate the article. Select one illustration and describe it precisely. Make the reader see it exactly as you imagine it. Explain how this illustration or image relates to what the article is about. If you were to add other illustrations besides this one, how do they relate to one another? How do all of them together give an idea about what Dweck’s article is about? (25 points)

Your Name

Directions:

Read “The Perils and Pro

mises of Praise” by Carol Dweck

in

Read Write Connect

on pages

4

-

19.

This assignment is worth

50

points out of 1000.

Answer as much as possible in your own words. Don’t answer only by copying

something

from the article

. Answer in

sentences and as

fully and

completely as

you can.

1.

On pages 4

-

5 Green and Lawlor, the author

s

of the textbook, suggest

you

take seven steps to

preview the Dweck article before

reading.

The purpose

of previewing is to learn abou

t the article so that you better understand it

when you read it. Take these seven steps that the authors suggest. After

you have done so, select four of the steps and tell below what

specifically

you learned by taking t

hem

.

What you learned should refer to

Dweck

’

s

article and should demon

strate your comprehension of that content. Also,

r

efer clearly to what each step is so

that

your

ideas

will be clear to the

reader.

(25 points)

2.

The title of the article “The Perils and Promises of Praise” suggests that

Dweck believes praise can be good (promising) or not so good (perilous).

Expl

ain the difference between these two kind

s

of praise. What makes one

good and the other not so good? Look around in your environment in the

next few days and listen for examples of people praising others.

How many

Your Name

Directions:

Read “The Perils and Promises of Praise” by Carol Dweck in Read Write Connect

on pages 4-19. This assignment is worth 50 points out of 1000.

Answer as much as possible in your own words. Don’t answer only by copying

something from the article. Answer in sentences and as fully and completely as

you can.

1. On pages 4-5 Green and Lawlor, the authors of the textbook, suggest you

take seven steps to preview the Dweck article before reading. The purpose

of previewing is to learn about the article so that you better understand it

when you read it. Take these seven steps that the authors suggest. After

you have done so, select four of the steps and tell below what specifically

you learned by taking them. What you learned should refer to Dweck’s

article and should demonstrate your comprehension of that content. Also,

refer clearly to what each step is so that your ideas will be clear to the

reader. (25 points)

2. The title of the article “The Perils and Promises of Praise” suggests that

Dweck believes praise can be good (promising) or not so good (perilous).

Explain the difference between these two kinds of praise. What makes one

good and the other not so good? Look around in your environment in the

next few days and listen for examples of people praising others. How many