Improving STEM self-efficacy with a scalable classroom intervention targeting growth mindset and success attribution
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Ian D. Beatty, Stephanie J. Sedberry, William J. Gerace, Jason E. Strickhouser, Maha A. Elobeid, and Michael J. Kane
Helping more university students, especially under-represented minorities, complete STEM degrees and enter the STEM workforce has proven to be difficult. Those most at risk benefit least from innovations addressing only pedagogy or curriculum. Research suggests that we must influence students' self-efficacy: their belief that they can overcome setbacks and ultimately succeed. We present the results of a four-year NSF-funded project to develop and test a brief, scalable classroom intervention for improving students' STEM self-efficacy by teaching growth mindset and success attribution. We developed and validated a questionnaire to measure STEM self-efficacy, growth mindset, and perceived academic control. Using a quasi-experimental design with a control treatment, at three universities with very different student demographics (total N = 853), HLM analysis shows that our intervention significantly increases students' growth mindset but not their self-efficacy or perceived academic control.
Physics Education Research Conference 2019
Part of the PER Conference series Provo, UT: July 24-25, 2019 Pages 44-50
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![]() Beatty, I., Sedberry, S., Gerace, W., Strickhouser, J., Elobeid, M., & Kane, M. (2019, July 24-25). Improving STEM self-efficacy with a scalable classroom intervention targeting growth mindset and success attribution. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT. Retrieved February 7, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15253&DocID=5165
![]() Beatty, I, S. Sedberry, W. Gerace, J. Strickhouser, M. Elobeid, and M. Kane. "Improving STEM self-efficacy with a scalable classroom intervention targeting growth mindset and success attribution." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, July 24-25, 2019. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15253&DocID=5165 (accessed 7 February 2025).
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Author = "Ian Beatty and Stephanie J. Sedberry and William Gerace and Jason E. Strickhouser and Maha A. Elobeid and Michael J. Kane",
Title = {Improving STEM self-efficacy with a scalable classroom intervention targeting growth mindset and success attribution},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2019},
Pages = {44-50},
Address = {Provo, UT},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 24-25},
Year = {2019}
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