A large randomized controlled trial in England found no advantages for students who received GMT, as reported by the review¶
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q2 i? The review reports that a randomized controlled trial with over 100 schools and over 5,000 students in England found no advantages for students who received GMT. → Anne M. Cleary 2026
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Anne M. Cleary 2026¶
Anne M. Cleary, Daniel H. Robinson. (2026). Why Growth Mindset Training Alone may not Improve Academic Outcomes: A Call for Research on Bundling Growth Mindset and Retrieval Practice Interventions. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10188-7
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The review reports, citing Foliano et al. (2019), a randomized controlled trial in England with over 100 schools and over 5,000 students in which "There were no advantages for students who received GMT"; the trial's design is described only as the review states it.
"Foliano et al. ( 2019) conducted a randomized controlled trial that included over 100 schools and over 5,000 students in England. There were no advantages for students who received GMT."
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Related Claims¶
- Authors with a financial interest in GMT were 2.5 times as likely to report significant effects, per the review's account of Macnamara and Burgoyne — related
- GMT as a standalone intervention shows small average effects that approach zero when publication bias is controlled, per the review's account of Macnamara and Burgoyne's meta-analysis — related
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A large randomized controlled trial in England found no advantages for students who received GMT, as reported by the review |
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A large randomized controlled trial in England found no advantages for students who received GMT, as reported by the review |
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