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The National Study of Learning Mindsets has been featured in several highly-regarded publications including EdSurge, Education Week, FutureEd, Scientific American, and TES. Many of the articles and press releases published about the study include quotes from scholar members of Student Experience Research Network who participated in the study.
PRESS COVERAGE
National Study Bolsters Case for Teaching 'Growth Mindset'
This article summarizes and interprets findings from the National Study of Learning Mindsets released in Nature, and features quotes from Robert Armenta, the principal of one of the schools that participated, and Mayme Hostetter, president of the Relay Graduate School of Education.
Featured Scholars: David Yeager and Carol Dweck
New Study Shows Where ‘Growth Mindset’ Training Works (And Where It Doesn’t)
Drawing on interviews with SERN scholars Carol Dweck and Dave Paunesku, this article discusses the evolution of growth mindset interventions in light of the findings of the National Study of Learning Mindsets released in Nature.
Featured Scholars: Carol Dweck and David Paunesku
A Proof Point for the Value of Growth Mindsets
FutureEd interviews SERN scholar David Yeager about findings from the National Study of Learning Mindsets released in Nature.
Featured Scholars: David Yeager
Major US study shows positive impact of growth mindset
This article summarizes findings from the National Study of Learning Mindsets released in Nature.
Featured Scholars: David Yeager and Carol Dweck
Debate Arises over Teaching “Growth Mindsets” to Motivate Students
This article describes the popularization and implementation of growth mindset research over several years, in light of David Yeager and colleagues’ study in Nature confirming the positive effects of a well-designed growth mindset intervention in a nationally representative sample of U.S. public high schools.
Featured Scholars: David Yeager, Carol Dweck and Matthew Kraft
PRESS RELEASES
- Press release: Results from the National Study of Learning Mindsets
- Study says changing students’ mindsets about learning can improve key predictors of high school graduation, college success
- Study Finds ‘Growth Mindset’ Intervention Taking Less Than an Hour Raises Grades for Ninth Graders
- Changing students’ mindsets about learning improves their grades, Stanford researchers find
- A growth mindset intervention can change students’ grades if school culture is supportive
OTHER MEDIA
- Nature Podcast: A mindset for success
- Results of Biggest Mindset Study Finds Positive Impact by Larry Ferlazzo for his blog
