Carol S. Dweck is a leading researcher in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford. Her research focuses on why students succeed and how to foster their success. More specifically, her work has demonstrated the role of mindsets in success and has shown how praise for intelligence can undermine students’ motivation and learning.
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This is just brilliant! Wow... this philosophy would have been the REAL "No Child Left Behind Act". I probably would have never left teaching if innovative yet sensible ideas like these were being implemented. Awesome find, Trix..
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