Summary Of The Learning Myth By Salman Khan

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The general argument made by Salman Khan in his work, The Learning Myth: Why I’ll Never Tell My Son He’s Smart, is that the form of communication you use with developing children heavily affects their mindset of their personal capabilities. More specifically, Mr. Khan argues that intelligence is not fixed, and can grow as we embrace tasks we can possibly struggle or fail with. He writes, “They’ve found that neural connections form and deepen most when we make mistakes doing tasks rather than repeatedly having success with easy ones (Khan,2)”. In my view, Mr Khan is right because intelligence is not a virtue only some obtain, rather a trait everyone already possesses to develop upon as they struggle with difficult tasks. However, research performed

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