Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset

Back in the 1960s, Robert Rosenthal studied how personal and environmental attitudes affect success and performance in school. At the beginning of the year, he told teachers which students in their classes were gifted and which were less so. At the end of the school year, those designated as gifted were well ahead of the rest of the group. The trick was that the “gifted” students were chosen at random and it was the teachers’ attitude towards them that made the difference.

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