ABSTRACT
Dweck described a belief system that asserts that intelligence can be developed and coined the term growth mindset. Parents with a growth mindset believe that their children can achieve at higher levels-with effort, perseverance, and resiliency. Growth mindset adults and children focus on the learning, growth, and improvement-not the grades or trophies, not on looking "smart" or talented. It directly affects adults' beliefs and expectations about children's potential and achievement. When parents and children learn about the brain and all of its potential, they witness the impact that it has on learning and mindsets can begin to shift. However, it is also important to consider that other children have the potential to work side-by-side or even surpass those with intrinsic abilities. In all of the classrooms surveyed-both high-poverty and middle-class students-100% percent of the children demonstrated a growth mindset.
