Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement
The United States must improve its students’ educational achievement. Race, gender, and social class gaps persist, and, overall, U.S. students rank poorly among peers globally. Scientific research shows that students’ psychology—their “academic mindsets”—have a critical role in educational achieveme...
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| author | Rattan, Aneeta Savani, Krishna Chugh, Dolly Dweck, Carol S. |
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| description | The United States must improve its students’ educational achievement. Race, gender, and social class gaps persist, and, overall, U.S. students rank poorly among peers globally. Scientific research shows that students’ psychology—their “academic mindsets”—have a critical role in educational achievement. Yet policymakers have not taken full advantage of cost-effective and well-validated mindset interventions. In this article, we present two key academic mindsets. The first, a growth mindset, refers to the belief that intelligence can be developed over time. The second, a belonging mindset, refers to the belief that people like you belong in your school or in a given academic field. Extensive research shows that fostering these mindsets can improve students’ motivation; raise grades; and reduce racial, gender, and social class gaps. Of course, mindsets are not a panacea, but with proper implementation they can be an excellent point of entry. We show how policy at all levels (federal, state, and local) can leverage mindsets to lift the nation’s educational outcomes. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/846812023-05-19T06:44:41Z Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement Rattan, Aneeta Savani, Krishna Chugh, Dolly Dweck, Carol S. Nanyang Business School Academic Achievement Mindsets The United States must improve its students’ educational achievement. Race, gender, and social class gaps persist, and, overall, U.S. students rank poorly among peers globally. Scientific research shows that students’ psychology—their “academic mindsets”—have a critical role in educational achievement. Yet policymakers have not taken full advantage of cost-effective and well-validated mindset interventions. In this article, we present two key academic mindsets. The first, a growth mindset, refers to the belief that intelligence can be developed over time. The second, a belonging mindset, refers to the belief that people like you belong in your school or in a given academic field. Extensive research shows that fostering these mindsets can improve students’ motivation; raise grades; and reduce racial, gender, and social class gaps. Of course, mindsets are not a panacea, but with proper implementation they can be an excellent point of entry. We show how policy at all levels (federal, state, and local) can leverage mindsets to lift the nation’s educational outcomes. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Accepted version 2017-08-16T09:16:22Z 2019-12-06T15:49:25Z 2017-08-16T09:16:22Z 2019-12-06T15:49:25Z 2015 Journal Article Rattan, A., Savani, K., Chugh, D., & Dweck, C. S. (2015). Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(6), 721-726. 1745-6916 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84681 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43597 10.1177/1745691615599383 en Perspectives on Psychological Science © 2015 The Author(s). This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in Perspectives on Psychological Science, published by SAGE Publications on behalf of The Author(s). It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691615599383]. 18 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Academic Achievement Mindsets Rattan, Aneeta Savani, Krishna Chugh, Dolly Dweck, Carol S. Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement |
| title | Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement |
| title_full | Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement |
| title_fullStr | Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement |
| title_short | Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement |
| title_sort | leveraging mindsets to promote academic achievement |
| topic | Academic Achievement Mindsets |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84681 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43597 |
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