Can a “growth mindset” help students achieve their potential? With David Yeager, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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What Is a Growth Mind Set?
A growth mind set is the belief that student can develop their intellectual abilities through hard work, good learning strategies and lots of help from others. The way we often accomplish this is by drawing on narrow science. We explain that learning happens in the brain, that the brain grows new connections when it learns new challenging concepts. And furthermore, that changes in our knowledge are possible under the right conditions and with the right support. So how do you teach this information? Well, you can't just give a dry lecture on narrowscience. That doesn't work. Instead, what you need to do is to in young people into the world in which those ideas could be true.
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