Without intervention, we might have seen a greater 
influence of teachers’ beliefs and practices in the classroom 
on the gifted students. Based on her extensive experience tudying mindset, Dweck (2012) recently expressed a 
concern that gifted students are at risk of developing a fixed 
mindset because of the messages they receive about ability. 
Although one recent study uncovered no differences in 
mindset beliefs between high-ability students as a result 
of being labeled as gifted in the academic setting (Snyder 
et al., 2013), daily messages about ability and effort might 
influence mindset among gifted students if those students 
are not given access to information that counteracts it.