CLIP - Growth or Fixed Mindsets: Articles from the internet

• This is an interview of Carol Dweck in The Atlantic magazine. In the interview, Dweck talks about how some people have either misunderstood or oversimplified her theory about growth mindset. She calls this misunderstanding a "false growth mindset".
• This is an article from the public television/radio station KQED. The author wrote the article to clear up confusion about what growth mindset means. 
• This is a blog post from Brain Pickings about growth mindset and fixed mindset. Brain Pickings is written by a woman named Maria Popova, who has a good reputation for being a thoughtful writer.  
• This is an article from the online magazine Salon, arguing that we should focus more on changing school systems than changing students' mindsets.  

Good researchers always ask at least these questions about every website they might want to use for research:

Questions about the AUTHOR:

1. WHO wrote it? The author might be one person, but it's important to know what institution (business, newspaper, university, organization, etc. takes responsibility for the website). 

2. QUALIFICATIONS: What kind of expertise or knowledge do the authors say they have that qualifies them to talk about the topic?

3. REPUTATION: What do other people say about how trustworthy they are? (Google them and find out)

Questions about the TEXT:

1. PURPOSE: Why are they telling us this? No one creates a website by accident. Understanding what their purpose is helps us understand their point of view and the audience they are writing for.

2. CREDIBILITY: How strong and logical is their argument?

3. EVIDENCE: What kind of evidence is given, and where is it from? Do I trust those sources?

If you want any professor to accept your use of a website as a resource, you should be able to answer all of these questions clearly to show why you believe the website is a good source of information.