Learning About Learning Boosts Student Motivation and Success

For over 30 years, Carol Dweck has studied students’ motivation in order to find out what makes motivated students tick and she says: “Here is the most important thing I have learned: The most motivated and resilient students are not the ones who think they have a lot of fixed or innate intelligence. Instead, the most motivated and resilient students are the ones who believe that their abilities can be developed through their effort and learning”.
Read Dweck’s article for more about teaching students about learning.
(Source: Canadian Education Association )

Learn more about Mindset: the New Psychology of Success, Dweck’s book on the topic.