which mindset each student had, and then they were tracked for two years. Results showed that the students with a growth mindset, those who thought they could change their own intelligence increased their grades over time. While those with a fixed mindset did not. You can see the trend, the gap in performance just widens and widens over time. The difference between these two groups: a different perspective on intelligence. Other studies have shown similar effects for our mindset about other abilities like problem solving, playing sports, managing people,