Learned Helplessness - an article from Edutopia

This is definitely an area where I struggle.  We want our kids to have success and sometimes they are hesitant to trust their instincts because they've been wrong in the past.  Using questioning to stimulate and guide students to discover their own answers is the best gift we can give our struggling (and non-struggling) learners.  Here is an awesome article from Eduptopia that describes "learned helplessness".

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/avoiding-learned-helplessness-andrew-miller?utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=avoiding-learned-helplessness&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_term=link