One of my concerns regarding the growth mindset is that its unclear how much of of the growth mindset is supposed to come from just changing the wording of how you present an assignment/work product vs changing the assignment to better challenge a student. Hearing people, especially those really into the growth mindset, talk about what is needed, they sound more like the former. But I suspect that for gifted students, the later is as important or more important.
I don't have an opinion wrt more typical students, but for a gifted student I question have valuable it is to say "oh you worked really hard on this" if they can show a good result without working hard. The growth mindset should as much arise from challenging work as from the type of feedback you give.
