Nature· 2019Q1
A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement
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A brief, online growth mindset intervention improved grades by 4-5% and increased advanced math enrollment by 10% among lower-achieving US secondary students, particularly in schools where peer norms supported the intervention's message.
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Key points
- A brief online growth mindset intervention improved grades by 4-5% for lower-achieving US secondary students.
- Advanced mathematics course enrollment increased by 10% among students receiving the intervention.
- Intervention effects were sustained in schools where peer norms supported growth mindset messages.
- The study used a nationally representative sample and employed rigorous validation methods, including independent data collection and Bayesian analysis.
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Abstract
A global priority for the behavioural sciences is to develop cost-effective, scalable interventions that could improve the academic outcomes of adolescents at a population level, but no such interventions have so far been evaluated in a population-generalizable sample. Here we show that a short (less than one hour), online growth mindset intervention—which teaches that intellectual abilities can be developed—improved grades among lower-achieving students and increased overall enrolment to advanced mathematics courses in a nationally representative sample of students in secondary education in the United States. Notably, the study identified school contexts that sustained the effects of the growth mindset intervention: the intervention changed grades when peer norms aligned with the messages of the intervention. Confidence in the conclusions of this study comes from independent data collection and processing, pre-registration of analyses, and corroboration of results by a blinded Bayesian analysis. A US national experiment showed that a short, online, self-administered growth mindset intervention can increase adolescents’ grades and advanced course-taking, and identified the types of school that were poised to benefit the most.
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Field: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyPsychology