What is a Growth Mindset?

“A growth mindset is when students understand that their abilities can be developed,”
(Carol Dweck, 2014).

In this short video, researcher and author Carol Dweck explains how students with a growth mindset believe that they can always improve their abilities – that their abilities are not “fixed” but rather can change and grow.

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