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Carol S. Dweck is an American psychologist and author, best known for her groundbreaking work on the concepts of "fixed" and "growth" mindsets. She is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and has significantly influenced education and personal development through her research into how beliefs about abilities affect learning and achievement. Dweck's influential book, "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success," has inspired educators, parents, and individuals to foster a growth mindset to improve performance and resilience.
b. 1946
I have seen schools across the country working long and hard to embed a commitment to the unlimited development of every student into their cultures. The result, in terms of motivated learners and test scores, often is spectacular.Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006
Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. You could have a predominant growth mindset in an area, but there can still be things that trigger you into a fixed mindset trait.Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, p. 45, 2006
What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five years later that welcomed challenges and that represented traits as malleable, not a label you were stuck with.The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, Scientific American, December 1, 2007
With a growth mindset, kids don't necessarily think that there's no such thing as talent or that everyone is the same, but they believe everyone can develop their abilities through hard work, strategies, and lots of help and mentoring from others.Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Ballantine Books, 2006
You try something, it doesn't work, and maybe people even criticize you. In a fixed mindset, you say, 'I tried this, it's over.' In a growth mindset, you look for what you've learned.Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, 2006
Chinese culture is already telling children to work hard. That's not growth mindset because they're working hard for the product, not for the growth or the joy of learning.Diane Ravitch's blog, December 2017
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