Originally Posted by cmguy
Well, working harder/smarter is is the only lever that students have. They can't go back to God and ask for a different brain.

Dweck claims that if you work harder, you get smarter:

Originally Posted by Dweck's website
When students and educators have a growth mindset, they understand that intelligence can be developed. Students focus on improvement instead of worrying about how smart they are. They work hard to learn more and get smarter.

and from that same page:

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...the other half received training in the growth mindset (how the brain grows with learning to make you smarter)

This is pseudoscientific garbage.