Scientific American: Tell kids their brains can get smarter over time

Scientific American tells us that the secret to developing smart kids is to teach kids that their mind can get smarter over time.  They say this has more impact than a strict focus on intelligence.

Teaching people to have a “growth mind-set,” which encourages a focus on effort rather than on intelligence or talent, produces high achievers in school and in life.

Parents and teachers can engender a growth mind-set in children by praising them for their effort or persistence (rather than for their intelligence), by telling success stories that emphasize hard work and love of learning, and by teaching them about the brain as a learning machine.

One practical example.  For those of you with a Nintendo Wii, you may have struggled at first playing new games.  However, after a few games of practice, it's easy to get better.  This is because the brain is getting more efficient at Wii-thinking, essentially creating shortcuts.  It's these shortcuts that make us smarter.  This is proof that people can get smarter and that our brains can continue to become more productive.

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