Is encouraging students to have a growth mindset effective?

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Brainstorming should be done individually before being done as a group activity.

True: Research suggests that brainstorming is more effective at developing creative ideas when individuals brainstorm their own ideas and then share them collectively as a group.

Korde, R., & Paulus, P. B. (2017). Alternating individual and group idea generation: Finding the elusive synergy. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 177–190. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2016.11.002