links for 2007-02-20

by PapaScott on 20 February 2007

How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise

“Intriguing piece by Po Bronson in New York magazine on the counterintuitive effects of effusively praising children for being smart:”

(tags: education psychology via:daringfireball.net)

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