The Atlantic – James Hamblin
““Mistakes grow your brain,” as the professor of mathematics education at Stanford University Jo Boaler put it…When people perform well (academically or otherwise) at early ages and are labeled smart or gifted, they become less likely to challenge themselves. They become less likely to make mistakes, because they stay in their comfortable comfort zone and stop growing. And their fixed mindset persists through adulthood… “It’s imperative that we don’t praise kids by telling them they’re smart,” she argued.”(more)