In an ever-evolving world, where success is often measured by achievement, teaching kids to embrace a growth mindset can transform how they approach both failures and triumphs. A growth mindset ...

As K-12 schools increasingly recognize the importance of social-emotional learning, many schools are trying to help kids cultivate a “growth mindset.” What does that mean? According to Carol ...

One of the most popular ideas in education these days can be summarized in a single sentence (a fact that may help to account for its popularity). Here's the sentence: Kids tend to fare better ...

Here are some tips for helping kids turn a fixed mindset into a growth one. Although there is some controversy over the misapplication of mindset research in schools, a growing number of studies ...

parents who attempt to teach a growth mindset by haranguing kids to try harder; schools that assume they can measure growth mindsets by asking teachers and students to grade how they handle adversity ...

The most common bit of concrete advice offered by Dweck and others enamored of the growth mindset is to praise kids for their effort (“You tried really hard”) rather than for their ability ...

First, however, let’s examine the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, which underlies the whole thing. This is really what this research is all about–teaching kids to ...