“In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that’s that, and then their goal becomes to look smart all the time and never look dumb. In a growth mindset students understand that their talents and abilities can be developed through effort, good teaching and persistence. They don’t necessarily think everyone’s the same or anyone can be Einstein, but they believe everyone can get smarter if they work at it.” - Carol Dweck
Carol Dweck is the most popular researcher in the area of the growth mindset. Opposite is a quote from her and a video of her describing how to teach a growth mindset.
An animated video of one of Carol Dweck's Talks about The Growth Mindset.