Should students focus on memorizing information?

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Encouraging students to have a growth mindset on their own is an effective way for them to develop a growth mindset. (False: 44% correct)False: Research indicates that guided training and interventions are the best way to change student mindsets. Having students link strategies they can control to academic success (rather than inherent ability) is key to developing a growth mindset, as opposed to simply putting up posters or encouraging a positive outlook.

Yeager, D. S., Hanselman, P., Walton, G. M., Murray, J. S., Crosnoe, R., Muller, C., … Dweck, C. S. (2019). A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement. Nature, 573(7774), 364–369. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1466-y.