Growth mindset interventions yield impressive results By: Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University/The Conversation A growth mindset is the belief that intellectual abilities are not fixed, but can be developed. Do students who are taught a growth mindset earn higher grades and test scores? Brooke Macnamara and her colleagues, who conducted a meta-analysis of growth mindset interventions, found that when students were taught a growth mindset, they showed significantly higher achievement. But Macnamara believes that the effects of these programs or interventions, while statistically significant, are too small to be practically meaningful. And, military-affiliated students are no exception to this. Read More |
