Think of the difference between these two questions. How did you do? What did you learn? Which one will help students be more successful in school (and life)? Which will help them be more creative? The idea of mindsets, introduced by Carol Dweck, says that there are two basic ways to look at our abilities. … Continue reading
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How smart are you? Mindsets and Creativity 1
How smart are you? Really. How smart do you think you are? How do you know? What about your students? How smart are they? How smart to they think they are? Does it matter? Psychologists use a lot of intertwining ideas to describe how we think about ourselves, our abilities, and our capacity for change: … Continue reading