Name: The power of believing that you can improve
Uploaded: 2014-12-17T16:12:06Z
Duration: 10 min 10 s
Description: Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field.

Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field.

Carol Dweck: The power of believing that you can improve

The power of believing that you can improve

Embracing 'Not Yet' over failure cultivates growth mindset, transforming challenges into stepping stones for development.

Growth mindset students engage deeply with errors, seeing them as opportunities to develop stronger intellectual abilities.

Classrooms steeped in 'yet' foster equality, turning underperforming students into top achievers by changing their relationship with effort.