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Fall 2015, Page 18

Blog 3: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining (Olivia Choe)

In Is Math a Gift? by Carol S Dwight, she mainly emphasizes on the results of optimistic versus pessimistic thinking. Unlike Valian, Dweck goes more into depth of the effects of entity and incremental thinking. For those of you who may have forgotten, …

It’s the Little Things

“Is Math a Gift? Beliefs that Put Females At Risk”  by Carol Dweck is the 3rd essay featured in the book “Why Aren’t More Women in Science?”. Dweck’s essay takes a turn from the first two essays although it still relates to themes brought …

Gift of Knowledge Discourages Women from Learning

According to Carol Dweck in “Is Math a Gift?: Beliefs that Put Females at Risk,” there are two types of students: those who think that their academic skills and others who believe they can learn and grow in academics. When I was in elementary scho…

Are we here because of a Gift? Or did we do it ourselves?

Carol Dweck’s essay Is Math a Gift? Beliefs that put Females at Risk? puts the focus on how our thoughts can influence our performance, specifically in the middle school era. Dweck really talks about how we perceive our talent to be a huge factor in …

Yang’s blog 3: Is math a gift?

Synopsis
Is Math a Gift, an academic paper of Dweck, states a brand new angle that it is not the lack of ability, but the combination of entity belief and stereotype makes girls venerable when face academic obstacle. At the same time, girls who believe…

BLOG 3: Some shortfalls in Passage 3

Although this is not a comparative essay, I think that this passage “Is Math A Gift? Beliefs That Put Female at risk” raises lots of different opinions about fewer women in top science compared with passage one and two. Carol thinks that men and wo…

Intelligence is Not Wrapped in a Box Under the Christmas Tree

Carol Dweck’s essay “Is Math a Gift? Beliefs That Put Females at Risk” explains the research that suggests the approach to intellectual ability as a gift leaves women vulnerable to discouragement from the challenges of math and science. Dweck’s…

Can great effort truly lead to greatness?

I’d like to believe that if people put in 10,000 hours of effort into perfecting their skills, they can achieve their desired level of performance. The message which I took away from the book Outliers: The story of success by Malcom Gladwell motivate…