http://pathstoknowledge.com/961/never-tell-kids-theyre-smart/ Your map to happiness and personal growth Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:27:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://pathstoknowledge.com/961/never-tell-kids-theyre-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Reverend Keith Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:09:38 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/?p=961#comment-198 Not only is effort more under our control than native intelligence - statistically it simply doesn't matter as much for long-term success. Several studies that follow very very gifted children find that they are no more successful as adults than their peers - sometimes LESS so. Not only is effort more under our control than native intelligence – statistically it simply doesn’t matter as much for long-term success. Several studies that follow very very gifted children find that they are no more successful as adults than their peers – sometimes LESS so.

]]> http://pathstoknowledge.com/961/never-tell-kids-theyre-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Deb Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:51:26 +0000 http://pathstoknowledge.com/?p=961#comment-194 Interesting!! ... Schools here are recognising this increasingly though - for example by awarding merits for grade increases from, say E to D, just as much as from B to A... and for punctuality, politeness, etc. Maybe kids in general are smart enough to understand that they can control their effort but not their intelligence as a raw commodity? Interesting!! … Schools here are recognising this increasingly though – for example by awarding merits for grade increases from, say E to D, just as much as from B to A… and for punctuality, politeness, etc. Maybe kids in general are smart enough to understand that they can control their effort but not their intelligence as a raw commodity?

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