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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Main Authors:	Outes-Leon, Ingo, Sanchez, Alan, Vakis, Renos
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION DISADVANTAGED STUDENT GROWTH MINDSET METACOGNITION STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT LEARNING
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

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spelling	okr-10986-332972022-09-20T00:12:01Z The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru Outes-Leon, Ingo Sanchez, Alan Vakis, Renos STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION DISADVANTAGED STUDENT GROWTH MINDSET METACOGNITION STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT LEARNING 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. 2020-02-06T17:52:18Z 2020-02-06T17:52:18Z 2020-02 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9141 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Peru
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description	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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author	Outes-Leon, Ingo Sanchez, Alan Vakis, Renos
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title	The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru
title_short	The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru
title_full	The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru
title_fullStr	The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru
title_full_unstemmed	The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru
title_sort	power of believing you can get smarter : the impact of a growth-mindset intervention on academic achievement in peru
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	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
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The Power of Believing You Can Get Smarter : The Impact of a Growth-Mindset Intervention on Academic Achievement in Peru

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