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Schools are buying 'growth mindset' interventions despite scant evidence that they work well

  • Written by Brooke Macnamara, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University
Millions of dollars have been spent on 'growth mindset' initiatives. Do they work?Sergey Nivens/www.shutterstock.com

Ten years ago, after over two decades of research on this topic, Carol Dweck – the Stanford University developer of “mindset theory” – concluded, “what students believe about their brains – whether...

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