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I have some links here on the growth mindset vs the fixed mindset (see the second link on how it is used to combat racial bias). But the general theory is that  students who believe that intelligence is fluid and can be shaped through learning tend to have higher academic achievement than those who believe intelligence is essentially fixed at birth....
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Look, the fact that "Growth Mindset" blurge is showing up everywhere is a sure sign that it's just the latest fad in education.

https://russellwarne.com/2020/01/03/the-one-variable-that-makes-growth-mindset-interventions-work/

"Reconciling the Contradiction
For a few months, I puzzled over the contradictory literature [on growth mindset]. The studies are almost evenly balanced in terms of quality and their results.

Then I discovered the one characteristic that the studies that support mindset theory share and that all the studies that contradict the theory lack: Carol Dweck. Dweck is a coauthor on all three studies that show that teaching a growth mindset can improve students’ school performance. She is also not a coauthor on all of the studies that cast serious doubt on mindset theory.

So, there you go! Growth mindsets can improve academic performance–if you have Carol Dweck in charge of your intervention. She’s the vital ingredient that makes a growth mindset effective."

A follow up here, with two more big studies failing to replicate the magic of growth mindset: https://russellwarne.com/2020/04/03/mindset-theory-in-jeopardy-after-2-new-studies/

But it sure sold a lot of books, and got Dweck invited to cool parties, and I bet someone really cleaned up on the money FCPS paid to develop this semester's entire WEEK of training in growth mindset. Incidentally, this training replaced math class.[/quote]

You can take anything to an extreme. The basic idea behind Dweck's book is pretty solid and seems intuitively obvious to me.

You can think you are dumb and give up. Or you can choose to believe that with effort you can become good at most things (not all) or believe you are not smart and not meant to do somethings and give up.

That is the gist of the message I took away, nothing more and nothing less.[/quote]

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