Critical Thinking and Positive Mindset - The Basis of Students Success

Carol Dweck describes how developing a positive mindset can specifically affect students in the classroom. Most people around the world do not truly know the meaning behind the decisions they make. People make impulse decisions with intentions of receiving a positive result, but if there is no thought process behind the decision being made how can the result be successful? Decisions made with no thinking involved commonly end in failure, and failure is one of the biggest factors in becoming a critical thinker. 

Failure can cause people to develop a poor mindset and get down on themselves, but critical thinkers know how to handle failure. Critical thinkers learn from their mistakes and do not let failure ruin their successes in the future. In addition, open mindedness can allow the brain to connect with actions people are performing. People can almost train their minds to get the results they want. For example thinking politely can result in a more successful outcome. Having positive mindset can be developed by anyone who has the desire to put forth the effort. Developing this positive mindset requires effort and can be achieved by training the brain. It starts by seeing things from other perspectives, thinking positively, and creating goals that do not limit any outlook in the future. All of these changes how that individuals have learned to think critically, and will create more successes in the future. Critical thinking causes people to effectively change their mindsets, which can potentially result in more success. Research has shown that students mindsets play a huge role in their success, and students can change their mindset to achieve different results. Dweck interprets that students who believe that they can become successful create more success in their lives than students who have a fixed mindset, or do not necessarily believe they can develop their intelligence.

While students play a huge role in their mindset, teachers need to be an example of a positive mindset as well. Teachers need to take action in schools districts to encourage students to adopt a growth mindset. To develop this growth mindset teachers need to teach the students how to improve their intelligence, and help them learn that it is possible to create more success. Once students feel that they have the ability to grow, they begin to think more positively, ultimately allows the brain to create successful outcomes. Also, Dweck infers that instead of praising students for trying, teachers needs to talk to the children and help them decide what did not work and what they can try in the future.

Critical thinking and positive mindset plays a significant role throughout every school in the world. Not only students, but also teachers need to think more critically. As teachers start to think critically, they will begin to develop a more positive mindset, and they will also be a perfect example for the students. The students will learn from the teachers and begin to think critically as well. Once school districts create this well structured program, students and teachers will achieve more of their goals and become more successful. Students will have the ability excel in classes, increase test scores and teachers will be more successful in teaching their students. Having successful students will help school districts to be seen as more successful and schools all together will become more well rounded.