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Mindsets Over Subject Matter: How our Beliefs About Intelligence Impact STEM Talent Development.

STEM and underrepresentation

Andersen

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Much of America's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) work-force is foreign-born and educated at US institutions of higher education. Greater numbers of our youth must be guided toward STEM careers. Potential STEM talent within many American students remains unidentified and undeveloped because possession of a fixed-ability science/math intelligence mindset dissuades students from pursuing challenging STEM courses. The hallmark of the growth mindset is the capacity to respond to failure in a positive …

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