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Changing Mindsets pupil workshops intervention

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Description

A six-week course of mentoring and workshops for Year 5 pupils, delivered in schools by trained university students employed as project support assistants (PSAs), followed by four further weeks of sessions and visits delivered by the Education Business Partnership and Pompey Study Centre. The workshops "taught pupils about the malleable nature of intelligence, and sought to help pupils develop a growth mindset", including hands-on maths and literacy work demonstrating how not giving up and exploring different strategies helps find solutions. Workshops ran for two hours weekly with a 3/15 staff/pupil ratio.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • PSAs recruited competitively and trained in mindset, behaviour management and workshop delivery by the University of Portsmouth academic team

Constraints

  • The report notes the format of the course was standardised across schools only as far as possible

Target Learners

  • Year 5 pupils in schools with low attainment

Learning Goals

  • Growth mindset beliefs
  • Attainment in English and maths

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Cinzia Rienzo, Heather Rolfe and David Wilkinson (NIESR). (2015). Changing Mindsets: Evaluation report and Executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
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title Changing Mindsets pupil workshops intervention
description A six-week course of mentoring and workshops for Year 5 pupils, delivered in schools by trained university students employed as project support assistants (PSAs), followed by four further weeks of sessions and visits...
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