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"Praise" - Exploring the Effect of 'Intelligence Praise' and 'Effort Praise' [Research Toy]

Last updated on March 8, 2017 - 8:20am

This activity explores differences in children's effort when praised for "hard work" or "being smart".

For a copy of the original paper Praise for Intelligence can Undermine Children’s Motivation and Performance please contact Dr. Carol Dweck, Department of Psychology, Stanford University (dweck@stanford.edu).

Click to download resources:

  • Praise Interpretation Guide
  • [paper] Praise for intelligence can undermine children’s motivation and performance
  • [article] The Secret to Raising Smart Kids (Scientific American)

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The National Living Lab Initiative is supported by a grant to the Museum of Science, Boston from the National Science Foundation under Award Number 1113648.

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