A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement
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What it found
A short online growth mindset lesson (under an hour) improved grades among lower-achieving students and increased enrollment in advanced math courses. Grades changed mainly in schools where peer norms supported the lesson's message. Analyses were pre-registered and the data collected independently.
What kind of study it is
- Design
- Randomized trial in schools
- Weight
- A trial in schools: it compares groups that got the practice with groups that didn't.
- Sample
- A nationally representative sample of US secondary school students
- Who
- School-age children (K–12)
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doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1466-y
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Yeager, D. S., Hanselman, P., Walton, G. M., Murray, J. S., Crosnoe, R., Muller, C., Tipton, E., Schneider, B., Hulleman, C. S., Hinojosa, C. P., Paunesku, D., Romero, C., Flint, K., Roberts, A., Trott, J., Iachan, R., Buontempo, J., Yang, S. M., Carvalho, C. M., . . . Dweck, C. S. (2019). A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement. Nature, 573(7774), 364–369. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1466-y
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