Original:

“we can praise wisely, not praising intelligence or talent. That has failed. Don’t do that anymore. But praising the process that kids engage in, their effort, their strategies, their focus, their perseverance, their improvement. This process praise creates kids who are hardy and resilient.” If you set a kid up to work hard and praise them for those actions and determination they’ll be more apt to develop this growth mindset.

Revised:

 “we can praise wisely, not praising intelligence or talent. That has failed. Don’t do that anymore. But praising the process that kids engage in, their effort, their strategies, their focus, their perseverance, their improvement. This process praise creates kids who are hardy and resilient.”(Dweck)  If you set a kid up to work hard and praise them for those actions and determination they’ll be more apt to develop this growth mindset.

Original:

The authors describe these people as trying to “…. scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense.” The TED Talk and readings also brought up the debate on whether or not how someone is raised or the society they are raised into them contributes to the mindset they develop and how they choose to learn.

Revised:

The authors describe these people as trying to “…. scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense.” (Haidt and Lukianoff) The TED Talk and readings also brought forward the debate on whether or not how someone is raised or the society they are raised around contributes to the mindset they develop and how they choose to learn.