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Social Psychology of Education· 2026Q1

It doesn’t always have to be this way: promoting girls’ interest in STEM through growth mindsets and structural explanations of gender differences

Allison Master, Kahyun Lee, Shaila Sharmin, Daijiazi Tang et al.

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A growth mindset intervention showed some evidence of increasing 6th and 8th grade girls' motivation in computer science, while a structural explanation intervention for 11- and 12-year-old girls dampened stereotypes but did not increase STEM interest.

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Field: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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