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The nail in Growth Mindset's coffin?

Mar 06, 2018 | Category: psychology

As I'm sure everybody already knows, mind sets are beliefs about the nature of characteristics like intelligence. The theory is that students with growth mindsets believe their ability can be changed...

#Carol Dweck #Growth mindset #Timothy Bates

Is growth mindset bollocks?

Jan 25, 2017 | Category: psychology

Like everyone else, when I first came across Carol Dweck's theory of growth mindsets I was pretty psyched. There was something so satisfyingly truthy about the way the labels 'fixed' and 'growth' mind...

#Carol Dweck #Growth mindset #Li and Bates #replication

Making kids cleverer

Nov 05, 2016 | Category: psychology

One of the real problems with improving education systems is that there tends not to be much agreement about what education is actually for. I've written about this issue before and have made clear my...

#Carol Dweck #crystallised intelligence #fluid intelligence #Raymond B Cattell

Is growth mindset pseudoscience?

Oct 24, 2015 | Category: research

Claims that cannot be tested, assertions immune to disproof are veridically worthless, whatever value they may have in inspiring us or in exciting our sense of wonder.Carl Sagan What's the differenc...

#Carol Dweck #Growth mindset #Michael Shermer #pseudoscience #Scott Alexander

Why the 'false growth mindset' explains so much

Jun 20, 2015 | Category: psychology

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida In the same way that I learned nothing from listening to the polished performance of Ken Robinson at yesterday's Ed...

#Carol Dweck #Growth mindset #Robert Plomin #Slate Star Codex

A defence of the fixed mindset

Jan 23, 2015 | Category: learning

The growth mindset has been so universally heralded as 'a good thing' that it's in danger of becoming one of those memes we think with rather than about. A number of commentators have been critical of...

#Carol Dweck #Growth mindset #Daniel Dennett #fixed mindset #plasticity #Star Wars

Grit and growth: who's to blame for low achievement?

Jul 10, 2014 | Category: Featured

I’ve recently read a couple of interesting articles which question the efficacy of the research of Carol Dweck (Mindset) and Angela Duckworth (Grit). The complaint is that if we attribute an individua...

#Carol Dweck #Cristina Milos #Joe Bower #Growth mindset #Grit #Angela Duckworth #Gary Walsh

Getting feedback right Part 3: How can we increase pupils' effort?

Mar 19, 2014 | Category: assessment

I started to explore how we might make feedback more meaningful a few weeks back but then got sidetracked. If you haven't already looked at them, it might be worth spending a few moments on Part 1 (wh...

#Carol Dweck #Dylan Wiliam #Effort #feedback

Focusing on performance is the enemy of the growth mindset

Mar 02, 2014 | Category: learning

Over the past year or so I've been following a line of thinking which has gone something like this:Learning and performance are not the same thing. Pupils' performance in lessons does not correspond w...

#Carol Dweck #Graham Nuthall #Growth mindset #Barry Hymer

Hang on in there: could encouragement be more useful than praise?

Sep 27, 2013 | Category: learning

Last week I expanded on some of my doubts about the concept of praise, particularly the current consensus that we should be going out of our way to praise effort. I concluded by saying, "no one would...

#Carol Dweck #John Hattie #praise #Harry Webb #Alfie Kohn #competition #deciles #encouragment #Tim Taylor