[A fixed mindset ] is the idea that your talents and abilities are just fixed. It's the idea that some people have a lot and some people have less and that's the way it's always going to be.
A growth mindset is the idea that talents and abilities can be further developed through hard work, good strategies, asking for help and input from others. It's not that everyone's the same, but it's that everyone can grow their abilities.
When you praise intelligence it backfires, it puts kids into a fixed mindset, and right away they don't want a challenging task. But if the adult praises the child's process, the effort or strategy, and ties it to the learning they've done or the success they've achieved, then we're putting kids into more of a growth mindset.
- Carol Dweck
Have a listen to this TED Talk
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