Tag: Growth Mindset
May 10, 2023
Why We Don’t Tell Students They’re Smart
At Monticello Academy Highbury in West Valley City, despite our great academic results, we don’t tell kids that they’re smart. You might wonder, why not? Won’t that give them confidence? Actually, it’s almost the opposite. Stanford scholar Carol Dweck has studied how children’s beliefs about intelligence affect their behavior. Some children believe that we can…
Why We Don’t Tell Students They’re Smart
At Monticello Academy West Point in Davis County, despite our great academic results, we don’t tell kids that they’re smart. You might wonder, why not? Won’t that give them confidence? Actually, it’s almost the opposite. Stanford scholar Carol Dweck has studied how children’s beliefs about intelligence affect their behavior. Some children believe that we can…
