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4 Post author: MrMind 26 October 2015 08:34AM

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Comment author: Panorama 28 October 2015 11:35:48AM 3 points [-]

Carol Dweck Revisits the 'Growth Mindset' by Carol Dweck.

Recently, someone asked what keeps me up at night. It’s the fear that the mindset concepts, which grew up to counter the failed self-esteem movement, will be used to perpetuate that movement. In other words, if you want to make students feel good, even if they’re not learning, just praise their effort! Want to hide learning gaps from them? Just tell them, “Everyone is smart!” The growth mindset was intended to help close achievement gaps, not hide them. It is about telling the truth about a student’s current achievement and then, together, doing something about it, helping him or her become smarter.

Comment author: Elo 29 October 2015 03:49:01AM 1 point [-]

This concerns me greatly. I will post more thoughts in it's own post when I get around to writing it.