Growth mindsets aren’t just for students. It helps for teachers to have a growth mindset about their students’ mindsets, too. A teacher’s classroom approach shapes whether their students believe they ...

Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck says that people's self-theories about intelligence have a profound influence on their motivation to learn. People who have a "fixed" theory are mainly concerned with ...

In the last 15 years, millions of dollars have been invested in training students to have a “growth mindset,” the belief that anyone’s intelligence can improve through hard work. But now the merit of ...

Parents and teachers of school-age children are probably familiar with the self-defeating pronouncements kids can make: "I'm not good at math," or "I can't draw well." The question of how to encourage ...

Stanford researchers Carol Dweck and Gregory Walton, among other scholars, recently published “Implicit Theories of Interest: Finding Your Passion or Developing It?” The study suggests that spending ...

Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck has become something of a cult figure in education and parenting circles. Her research into boosting student motivation has spawned a mini industry ...