Mentor/s
Susan Gannon and Dawn Melzer
Abstract
Growth mindset interventions aim to help children realize that through effort and perseverance their performance in the classroom can be improved (Dweck, 2007). This is in contrast to a fixed mindset, which is the belief that intelligence and talent are something we are born with and are not malleable. In the current study, children between first and third grade from low-income schools were placed in a growth mindset intervention to investigate the effect of mindset on learning new vocabulary words. Findings revealed a significant increase in the number of vocabulary words children knew and the use of more growth mindset words (e.g., practice, brain) in their responses on the post-tests.
Keywords: growth mindset, vocabulary, intervention, perseverance
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Psychology
Location
University Commons
Start Day/Time
4-21-2017 1:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-21-2017 3:00 PM
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The Effects of Growth Mindset Intervention on Vocabulary Skills in First to Third Grade Children
University Commons
Growth mindset interventions aim to help children realize that through effort and perseverance their performance in the classroom can be improved (Dweck, 2007). This is in contrast to a fixed mindset, which is the belief that intelligence and talent are something we are born with and are not malleable. In the current study, children between first and third grade from low-income schools were placed in a growth mindset intervention to investigate the effect of mindset on learning new vocabulary words. Findings revealed a significant increase in the number of vocabulary words children knew and the use of more growth mindset words (e.g., practice, brain) in their responses on the post-tests.
Keywords: growth mindset, vocabulary, intervention, perseverance
