Originally Posted by indigo
Agreed. This forms the basis for many great questions to ask Dweck.


There were more questions posed to her along these lines in the program I linked. It's 40 min long, and the program topic was focused on "smart" kids. She said people have misinterpreted what she's said in terms of high ability kids (which she refers to more as "advanced" and seemed reticent to approach using the term gifted). Based on that misinterpretation, it would be nice to see her supplement her mindset info to clarify, for the sake of schools using it.