Through secondary analysis of data collected
in middle school science classrooms, this study
(a) compared gifted and regular students’ beliefs
about the malleability of intelligence in
science; (b) investigated whether teaching gifted
and talented middle-school students about
malleability of the brain and study skills helped
them to develop a growth mindset (Dweck,
2000), and (c) examined whether there were
teacher effects in the impact of the intervention.
Compared to the general student population,
gifted and talented students were more
likely to endorse the idea that intelligence is
malleable, but there was considerable