growth mindset

The Effort Effect Part Two: What do we tell the kids?

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Part One: The Audacity of High Hopes Part Two: What to do If praising kids for being smart saps motivation what are we to do? Here’s the sidebar to the article and Dweck’s advice on what to do.  What do we tell the kids? You have a bright child, and you want her to succeed. … Read more

The Effort Effect: The Audacity of High Hopes

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The effort effect on display at Buttercup Farm Nature Reserve, near Poughkeepsie. See below for a photo of the dam. Intelligence is not fixed. It is it is learnable and teachable. It can be changed. The way we approach learning and thinking makes all the difference. It is our ‘mindset” that keeps us back. If … Read more