Four weeks of cognitive training produced larger increases in growth mindset in children than business-as-usual schooling¶

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Currency · newest study 2022 · checked against its sources 2026-10-26 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Children who received four weeks of cognitive training showed greater increases in growth mindset than a no-contact control group (post-training between-group d = 0.508). → Lang Chen 2022

Evidence¶

Lang Chen 2022¶

Lang Chen, Hyesang Chang, Jeremy Rudoler, Eydis Arnardottir, Yuan Zhang, Carlo de los Angeles and Vinod Menon. (2022). Cognitive training enhances growth mindset in children through plasticity of cortico-striatal circuits. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00146-7

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Mixed ANCOVA with group and time factors and baseline growth mindset as covariate, in a longitudinal training study of 79 children (52 training, 27 control). Between-group post-training difference of Cohen's d = 0.508; the article also reports a "significant group by time interaction, F(1,76) = 4.975, p = 0.029, η2 = 0.032".

"this group difference was signi ficant after 4 weeks, t(77) = 2.142, p = 0.035, Cohen ’s d = 0.508, 95% CI [0.029, 0.987], with higher levels of growth mindset in the training group ( M = 4.52, SD = 0.49), compared to the controls ( M = 4.21, SD = 0.79)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Mindset — outcome: instruction changes it
• Motivation — outcome: instruction changes it

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