I think it get's slightly confusing since growth mindset is something that can exist in both the teacher and the student. So, growth mindset is the belief that

I think it get's slightly confusing since growth mindset is something that can exist in both the teacher and the student. So, growth mindset is the belief that you can get better at things. The idea then is that the teacher should embrace this, because then the child will learn from that and embrace it as well. This would be true growth mindset in the teacher. This led to the suggestion to praise effort rather than results. With the idea that effort will increase learning, which will increase results. The problem then is that the teacher might not understand this connection, but only understand that you should praise effort, this would be a false growth mindset. This would lead the teacher to give positive feedback to any effort put in, even if it does not improve learning/growth. In other words, you could call this false growth mindset a "effort" mindset. While the true growth mindset would have a process focus, where you praise the proper application process and give help if the process is ineffective for growth. Fixed mindset: "Great job getting A" "You might not be made out for math, try painting" Growth mindset: "Great that you try to practice the parts you fail often at" "Maybe you should try to understand the underlying logic rather than just guessing the answer and getting it wrong?" False growth mindset: "Great that you keep trying even though you fail!" "You should not feel bad about failing, you put your best effort into it and it's fine!"