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The limits of growth mindset

May 30, 2016 | Category: psychology
What's the difference between success and failure? Effort, of course! As everyone now knows, all you need to ensure you're a success is a shed-load of hard work and the belief that you can do anything...

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...

Doubts about Dweck? The problem with praise

Jan 27, 2012 | Category: learning
Back in 2010 I was introduced to Carol Dweck's research into fixed and growth mindsets and the scales fell from my eyes. It was an epiphany. A veritable Damascene conversion. And like Saul before me,...

Easy vs Hard

Sep 16, 2011 | Category: Featured
We choose to do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard. - JFKWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - AristotleA teachers' job is not to...