Do mindset interventions change outcomes, and by how much?
Victoria Sisk, Alexander Burgoyne, Jingze Sun, Jennifer Butler and Brooke Macnamara · To What Extent and Under Which Circumstances Are Growth Mind-Sets Important to Academic Achievement? Psychological Science 29 · 2018
A · Replicated at scale
Across 273 studies the overall correlation between mindset and achievement was small, r about .10, and interventions had a small average effect, d about 0.08, concentrated in low-achieving or high-risk students. The large claims made for mindset in popular accounts are not supported by the pooled evidence.
ProbeFind one belief you hold in the form ability is fixed. Write the evidence for it. Then write what would have to happen for you to change it.