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From the Ted Talk by Angela Lee Duckworth: Grit The power of passion and perseverance

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So far, the best idea I've heard about building grit in kids is something called "growth mindset." This is an idea developed at Stanford University by craol Dweck, and it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fexid, that it can change with your eorfft. Dr. Dweck has shown that when kids read and leran about the biran and how it changes and grows in response to challenge, they're much more likely to persevere when they fail, because they don't believe that failure is a permanent condition.

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So far, the best idea I've heard about building grit in kids is something called "growth mindset." This is an idea developed at Stanford University by _____ Dweck, and it is the belief that the ability to learn is not _____, that it can change with your ______. Dr. Dweck has shown that when kids read and _____ about the _____ and how it changes and grows in response to challenge, they're much more likely to persevere when they fail, because they don't believe that failure is a permanent condition.

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  1. fixed
  2. carol
  3. learn
  4. brain
  5. effort

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So far, the best idea I've heard about building grit in kids is something called "growth mindset." This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck, and it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, that it can change with your effort. Dr. Dweck has shown that when kids read and learn about the brain and how it changes and grows in response to challenge, they're much more likely to persevere when they fail, because they don't believe that failure is a permanent condition.

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