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 is not fixed but ...

Students across diverse academic backgrounds often struggle to maintain consistent performance. However, researchers and educators have identified key mindset shifts that can significantly influence ...

Give students opportunities to be rewarded for demonstrating learning and improvement. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: Unlike most students in my ...

In the words of Carol Dweck, “Becoming is better than being.” As novice sixth grade math and English teachers, we’ve learned to approach our mid-year benchmark assessments not as final judgments but ...

In his new book, Mindset Matters: The Power of College to Activate Lifelong Growth (Johns Hopkins University Press), Daniel Porterfield, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, as well as a former ...

Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade students scored proficient or above in mathematics. Even more concerning is that ...

Can entrepreneurship be taught? Harvard Business School senior lecturer Reza Satchu thinks so—and he wants more young people to give it a try. On Wednesday, Satchu kicks off the latest iteration of ...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin revealed a key lesson from the Google Glass failure: rushing innovation can be detrimental. He emphasized that students, like his past self, often feel pressured to ...