A presentation explaining fixed and growth mindsets including applications and implications.

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Created by Richard Thripp and presented on 2/24/2016 at Port Orange Toastmasters to fulfill Project 3: The Nontechnical Audience from the Technical Presentations manual in the Toastmasters Advanced Communication Series.

References

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Rattan, A., Good, C., & Dweck, C. S. (2012). “It’s ok — Not everyone can be good at math”: Instructors with an entity theory comfort (and demotivate) students. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 731–737. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.12.012

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