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Why Growth Mindset Still Has Some Growing to Do

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Date: 12 Nov 2018 | by: Rupa Chandra Gupta | Story Source: EdSurge ~ Go to Original Article

Over the summer, academics debated the impact of growth mindset, the belief that one’s intelligence can be developed with hard work and effort, and whether it can move the needle on academic performance.

Even Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck, who is often credited with the term, chimed in with additional research supporting the efficacy of mindset interventions.

An Education Week survey found that…


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