Why a “Growth Mindset” Won’t Work
This post was originally published on Finding Common Ground. Stanford professor Carol Dweck's work is being used all over the world. When we look at what school should epitomize
Stop Applauding: Feedback Components for Fostering Growth Mindsets
More than twenty years after Dr. Carol Dweck initiated her groundbreaking research on the power of mindsets, her findings have influenced a growing conversation about resilience, perseverance, and grit as determinants of student success. Her derivatives of attribution theory, growth mindset versus fixed mindset, have