Have you ever wondered how praise can be bad? What if the way you praise them gives them different mindsets? In "The Perils and Promises of Praise" by Carol S. Dweck, she makes many though provoking points. Stuff that would never cross your mind. If you praise intelligence it will give the student a fixed mindset. While if you praise for effort it will give the student a growth mindset. Students with a fixed mindset care most if they are being judge: smart or not(7). They also will reject the opportunities to learn if they make mistakes(7).Students with a growth mindset when faced with failure escalate their efforts and look for new learning strategies(8). When students with a fixed mindset are faced with difficult problems, or if they are