WWC Summary of Evidence for this Intervention

Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset interventions aim to improve college persistence and academic achievement by encouraging students to view intelligence as a “malleable” characteristic that grows with effort, and to view academic challenges as temporary setbacks that they can overcome.

Reviewed Research

January 2022
 
Outcome
domain
Effectiveness
rating
Studies meeting standards Grades
examined
Students Improvement
index
Academic achievement Potentially positive effects 5 studies meet standards PS 5,312
 
 
13
Aronson, J., Fried, C. B., & Good, C. (2002) PS 51
 
 
32
Bostwick, Keiko C. P.; Becker-Blease, Kathryn A. (2018) PS 184
-3
 
 
Broda, Michael; Yun, John; Schneider, Barbara; Yeager, David S.; Walton, Gregory M.; Diemer, Matthew. (2018) PS 4,357
 
 
2
Fink, A., Cahill, M. J., McDaniel, M. A., Hoffman, A., & Frey, R. F. (2018) PS 565
 
 
2
Suh, E. K., Dahlgren, D. J., Hughes, M. E., Keefe, T. J., & Allman, R. J. (2019) PS 155
 
 
15
College Enrollment No discernible effects 2 studies meet standards PS 8,194 --
Broda, Michael; Yun, John; Schneider, Barbara; Yeager, David S.; Walton, Gregory M.; Diemer, Matthew. (2018) PS 4,357
 
 
0
Yeager, D. S., Walton, G. M., Brady, S. T., Akcinar, E. N., Paunesku, D., Keane, L., Kamentz, D., Ritter, G., Duckworth, A. L., Urstein, R., Gomez, E. M., Markus, H. R., Cohen, G. L., & Dweck, C. S. (2016) PS 3,837
 
 
3
Progressing in College No discernible effects 3 studies meet standards PS 8,351 --
Broda, Michael; Yun, John; Schneider, Barbara; Yeager, David S.; Walton, Gregory M.; Diemer, Matthew. (2018) PS 4,357
 
 
1
Suh, E. K., Dahlgren, D. J., Hughes, M. E., Keefe, T. J., & Allman, R. J. (2019) PS 157
-9
 
 
Yeager, D. S., Walton, G. M., Brady, S. T., Akcinar, E. N., Paunesku, D., Keane, L., Kamentz, D., Ritter, G., Duckworth, A. L., Urstein, R., Gomez, E. M., Markus, H. R., Cohen, G. L., & Dweck, C. S. (2016) PS 3,837
 
 
2

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