Study: Promoting growth mindset in teachers may pay dividends for students

Despite the promotion of growth mindset in students, recent research indicates that such interventions have little effect on achievement — but a new study from the Stanford Graduate School of Education reveals that developing a growth mindset in math teachers may have greater effect, Education Week reports.The Stanford study focused on 40 5th-grade teachers from eight districts who participated in a three-year blended professional development program based on promoting growth mindset and a new more open-ended approach to teaching math, which resulted in higher math scores in students — particularly English language learners, girls and students from economically disadvantaged households.