I welcome you to another week of learning something new. Check out the ways in which you can combat Negative biases that might result in the cause of your learning process.
Learning they say continues till we all passed away from this planet earth. We all learn in various ways from audio to visual and through audio-visual medium. In recent times, technology has enhanced learning and people can learn virtually everything in the digital space. Digital literacy cannot be over emphasize in the 21st century. But many a times we all feel incapable as a result of failure or occurrence which has made learning difficult for us. This can result in a having negative bias towards the process of learning.
Negative bias is a psychological trait of focusing on the negative aspect of a situation rather than the positive side. The world is a learning sphere for both young, adults, parents and students. Failure form the basis of the negative bias to learning for some people. Although failure can be frustrating, it shouldn’t form our view about learning process. For instance, let us consider the case of a student who was asked to solve a math problem on the board but could not solve it. He feels so displeased and embarrassed because he could not solve the problem. With this he has a negative perception that perhaps mathematics was not meant for him because of the scenario. Recognizing that failure is part of a learning process would have helped the student have a growth mindset to the process involve in the learning of the subject. Therefore, our first experience during a learning process should not be a judge of what the learning experience will be. We should keep our mind open.
I will share some of the methods highlighted in a book College Success which can be of use to combat our negative biases and always stay motivated as a learner.
Always have a growth mind set and not a fixed mind set
Be aware of the negative bias and look at the positive part of that which you are learning rather than always focusing on the negativity. Keep the records of little success achieve during the learning process and continue to remind yourself of it.
Be open minded and receive information about an unclear learning process from different source
Look at the learning process that you enjoy and try to incorporate the attitude into the ones you are having negativity.
We must all remember that learning is also a journey. Let us try to make it enjoyable and have a mindset of growth as compare to negative bias towards what we are learning. Learning is a process which also requires a bit of GRIT and hard work.
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