Children with lower growth mindset before training showed greater growth-mindset gains during cognitive training¶
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q3 i3 In the training group, improvements in growth mindset were strongly negatively correlated with pre-training growth mindset, r(50) = −0.752; this association was significantly different from the control group and did not reach significance there. → 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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Pearson correlation in the training group (r = −0.752), with a Fisher's Z comparison against the control group (Z = 2.476, p = 0.013) where the correlation was not significant, r(25) = −0.345, p = 0.078. The article states "those with lower levels of growth mindset prior to training showed greater gains in growth mindset".
"individual differences in the degree of improvements of growth mindset scores were strongly negatively correlated with growth mindset scores prior to training in the training group, r(50) = −0.752, p < 0.001, Cohen ’s d = 2.280"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Mindset — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Motivation — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
Related Claims¶
- Four weeks of cognitive training produced larger increases in growth mindset in children than business-as-usual schooling — related
- Children with lower pre-test executive function and social cognition skills improve more, while attendance, teacher involvement, age and school year do not predict gains — a broader claim this one bears on
- Growth-mindset gains were correlated with increased activation of dorsal ACC, right dorsal striatum, and right hippocampus during difficult math problem solving — related
- Growth mindset prior to training predicted post-training math skills in the training group but not in controls — related
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