Teachers' growth mindset shows a small positive overall association with combined teacher, instructional, and student outcomes (r = .111)¶

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q3 i1 Across all synthesized outcomes, teachers' growth mindset correlates positively but weakly (r = .111, p < .001). → Bardach 2024

Evidence¶

Bardach 2024¶

Bardach, L., Bostwick, K. C. P., Fütterer, T., Kopatz, M., Memarpour Hobbi, D., Klassen, R. M., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). A Meta-Analysis on Teachers' Growth Mindset. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09925-7

q3 · i1 · quant-synthesis · r3

Three-level multilevel meta-analysis of 80 effect sizes from 52 independent samples (N = 19,555 teachers and preservice teachers), synthesizing correlations between teachers' growth mindset and all considered outcomes. The pooled effect was "r = .111, p < .001" with I² = 79.47% between-study heterogeneity.

"We observed a small positive effect when all effects of teachers' growth mindset were synthesized across all available outcomes (r = .111, p < .001)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Mindset — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Teachers' growth mindset is associated with mastery goal structures but not performance goal structures — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Teachers' growth mindset is positively associated with mastery-approach goals (r = .148) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Teachers' growth mindset is positively associated with their self-efficacy (r = .180) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
The meta-analytic correlation between growth mind-set and academic achievement is weak (r = .10) — related
Growth-mindset interventions have weak average effects on achievement, including a negligible GPA gain (d = 0.11) for lower-achieving US ninth-graders in one preregistered national trial — related

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`title`	`Teachers' growth mindset shows a small positive overall association with combined teacher, instructional, and student outcomes (r = .111)`
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