This article points to two new meta-analyses analyzing growth mindset interventions. According to one of them, "This systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that, despite the popularity of growth mindset interventions in schools, positive results are rare and possibly spurious due to inadequately designed interventions, reporting flaws, and bias." The other review is more positive. But it does sound spurious to me, the idea that 'if you believe you can grow, you become better at learning'. Sort of like The Secret's 'thoughts become things'. Anyhow, there is a list of additional articles discussing the growth mindset theory, and as Cindy Nebel writes, "If you are a parent or educator, please do some careful reading before trying to implement an educational trend with students."
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