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 studying 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.