Growth mindset study finds no impact on student performance (n=5018)

Note that this does not contradict previous studies, because they did different things. In other words, this is not a replication failure. To quote:

"We have never (or at least not yet) conducted a mindset research programme aimed at teachers" and "All of our studies to date have been directly aimed at students". That is, teaching students growth mindset works. Teaching teachers to teach students growth mindset didn't work.

Also "we have a large study with a nationally representative sample of 9th grade students coming out in Nature next month". Large studies are good, so I eagerly wait for this larger study of direct-to-students programme.

The pervasiveness of growth mindset theory is one potential explanation for the absence of a measurable impact of the intervention: for example, over a third of teachers in comparison schools had previously attended training days based on growth mindset interventions. However, while many staff members were aware of similar approaches prior to their involvement in the project, few said they had used these within their own teaching practices. Due to the ubiquitous nature of growth mindset, it may be hard to find schools for future research where awareness of the concept is low.

more meta-analysis literature, open, N=350,000: To What Extent and Under Which Circumstances Are Growth Mind-Sets Important to Academic Achievement? Two Meta-Analyses Victoria F. Sisk1, Alexander P. Burgoyne2, Jingze Sun1, Jennifer L. Butler1, and Brooke N. Macnamara1

My poor son suffered through this pointless garbage. The only real lesson here was how to give the BS answers that the teachers required and move on with life.

I’m pretty sure the biggest thing that will help students is not having to work full time to pay rent while they’re trying to pass courses..