Do you think you're a natural at science? ...math? ...English?
Sorry to hear that.
The mastery-oriented children, on the other hand, think intelligence is
malleable and can be developed through education and hard work. They
want to learn above all else. After all, if you believe that you can
expand your intellectual skills, you want to do just that. Because
slipups stem from a lack of effort or acquirable skills, not fixed
ability, they can be remedied by perseverance. Challenges are energizing
rather than intimidating; they offer opportunities to learn. Students
with such a growth mind-set, we predicted, were destined for greater
academic success and were quite likely to outperform their counterparts.
