A growth mindset is the belief that human capacities are not fixed but can be developed over
time, and mindset research examines the power of such beliefs to influence human …

A growth-mindset intervention teaches the belief that intellectual abilities can be developed.
Where does the intervention work best? Prior research examined school-level moderators …

A global priority for the behavioural sciences is to develop cost-effective, scalable
interventions that could improve the academic outcomes of adolescents at a population …

Here we evaluate the potential for growth mindset interventions (that teach students that
intellectual abilities can be developed) to inspire adolescents to be “learners”—that is, to …

Group-based educational disparities are smaller in classrooms where teachers express a
belief that students can improve their abilities. However, a scalable method for motivating …

When do adolescents' dreams of promising journeys through high school translate into
academic success? This monograph reports the results of a collaborative effort among …

Most research on the strong relationship between education and cognitive aging has
focused on years of schooling. Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study—a sample …

A pressing global challenge is to identify interventions that improve adolescents'
developmental trajectories. But no intervention will work for all young people everywhere. It …

BACKGROUND The paper adopts a long-term perspective in analysing the association
between health and employment histories, often characterized by substantial mobility over …

Schools can approach the task of sorting students to privileged learning opportunities in
different ways, potentially creating distinct and durable educational inequality regimes. We …