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PROOF POINTS: Does growth mindset matter? The debate heats up

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay December 5, 2022December 6, 2022

In the last 15 years, millions of dollars have been invested in training students to have a “growth mindset,” the belief that anyone’s intelligence can improve through hard work. But now the merit of one of the most popular ideas in education has been thrown into confusion with the publication of two conflicting studies in […]

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