Teaching students the science of how their brains change over time can help them see intelligence as something they can develop, rather than innate and unchangeable, finds a new analysis of 10 ...

Often the messages students hear from families and teachers praise or criticize their innate abilities, and so they grow to believe they are one way or another, developing into a fixed mindset. For ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- It’s been more than 30 years since psychologist Carol Dweck introduced “growth mindset” — the psychological and motivational effects of believing that a person’s ability in any domain ...

Perhaps the most transformative power of “yet” is how it shapes identity. When you add it to your language, you stop labeling ...

In the last 15 years, millions of dollars have been invested in training students to have a “growth mindset,” the belief that anyone’s intelligence can improve through hard work. But now the merit of ...

One of the challenges with research in psychology is going from promising lab results to the use of those findings in the world. New results are often touted as a great way to fix a social or ...

In Mr. Seevers’ English class, the air feels different today. A quiet student draws an unexpected connection between "The ...

I have worked in education my whole life and so September has always had that “back to school” excitement and has always been a time of renewal and an opportunity for a fresh start. As the president ...