Originally Posted by indigo
In the ongoing nature/nurture discussion, mindset relates to nurture.
Has it been shown that students who have a "growth mindset" do so because their parents and teachers try to instill that mindset in them? I think the mindset may be a result of past success or failure. Someone who works hard at Algebra II but eventually "gets it" is more likely to have a growth mindset afterwards than someone who works hard and flunks the subject. I had more of a growth mindset before college than after it, because in high school I did not encounter material that was just too hard for me. The lower the IQ, the earlier in life one has this experience.