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Re:High Achiever, Gifted Learner, Creative Thinker by gojomo on Wednesday January 02, 2008 @10:41AM (#94302)
This article talks about sharing these categories with children in discussion, so that children can consider where they fit in. However, other work on 'mindsets' [1,2] suggests that labeling a child as 'gifted' or 'creative' in contrast to 'hard working' could negatively impact the child's future learning and achievement.

I wonder if Kingore, the author of this article, has written anything taking into account mindset research like Carol Dweck's.

[1] http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84655

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