The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru
This paper evaluates the academic impact of a growth-mindset intervention on students starting the secondary level in public schools in urban Peru. ¡Expande tu Mente! is a 90-minute school session aimed at instilling the notion that a person's...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/212351580740956027/The-Power-of-Believing-You-Can-Get-Smarter-The-Impact-of-a-Growth-Mindset-Intervention-on-Academic-Achievement-in-Peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33297 |
| Summary: | This paper evaluates the academic impact
of a growth-mindset intervention on students starting the
secondary level in public schools in urban Peru. ¡Expande tu
Mente! is a 90-minute school session aimed at instilling the
notion that a person's own intelligence is malleable.
Students in schools randomly assigned to treatment showed a
small improvement in math test scores and educational
expectations, with a large and sustained impact in test
scores among students outside the capital city. At a cost of
$0.20 per pupil, ¡Expande tu Mente! was highly
cost-effective. The results show the potential that brief
growth-mindset interventions have for developing countries. |
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