Following on from a variety of recent threads, I was reading a bit about intelligence and whether we are born with it or we have the power to learn it. I came across this article which I think is very interesting. Dweck believes intelligence is largely learned. And that whether or not one believes it is learned actually contributes to his/her academic success.
The article also addresses girls and math, which is also a topic which is near and dear to me.
Thought I'd share.. and of course discuss.
www.stanford.edu/dept/psychology/cgi-bin/drupalm/system/files/cdweckmathgift.pdf