Positive Mindset May Prime Students’ Brains for Math – Education Week

“Developing a positive “growth mindset” helps our children work through the challenges of learning.

This is very, very exciting,” said Carol Dweck, the Stanford psychologist who first coined the terms “growth” and “fixed” mindsets, but who was not involved with Chen’s study. “We’ve typically asked how does [mindset] affect students’ willingness to take on challenges and their ability to stick to that challenge when they hit setbacks.”

Source: Positive Mindset May Prime Students’ Brains for Math – Education Week