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Growth Mindsets & Academic Improvement
We’ve told kids for years that effort changes everything.
But the biggest review of growth mindset research in decades just found the results are tiny… sometimes nothing at all.
So should parents and teachers stop talking about “not yet”?
In this Doctor’s Desk episode, Justin and Kylie unpack what the science really says, why the data might be missing the magic, and the simple belief that still changes lives for many children.
KEY POINTS
A major new review analysed 24 gold-standard studies on growth mindset interventions.
The strongest research found very small…
The skinny
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