When people in positions of authority, like teachers and parents, focus on outcomes/achievement over process, we can influence a child to hold a more fixed mindset in that area and thus impact their overall motivation and perseverance.
At the Annex, you will hear us praising our students for their hard work in order to help them develop a growth mindset.
The following article is about growth mindset in math. Although it refers to high school students, it could easily be applied to younger students as well.
http://community.mindsetworks.com/blog-page/home-blogs/entry/i-don-t-understand-this-yet-combating-fixed-mindsets-in-math-classrooms
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