APS William James and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Carol S. Dweck has pioneered the study of the mindsets that influence students’ academic achievement. Teachers’ mindsets play a big role in students’ success as well, she says.
Growth mindsets aren’t just for students. It helps for teachers to have a growth mindset about their students’ mindsets, too. A teacher’s classroom approach shapes whether their students believe they are born with fixed academic
Anxiety about side effects can keep people from starting or sticking to drug regimens or medical procedures. A group of researchers at Stanford wanted to find out if a simple mindset shift could help patients
