Using design thinking to improve psychological interventions: The case of the growth mindset during the transition to high school.
2016/04/01 by David S. Yeager, Carissa Romero, Dave Paunesku +13 · 691 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Applied psychology #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Computer science #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience #Education, Achievement, and Giftedness #Intervention (counseling) #Mastery learning #Mathematics education #Medicine #Mindset #Population #Proxy (statistics) #Psychological intervention #Psychology #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1037/edu0000098
published in Journal of Educational Psychology 108(3), 374-391 (American Psychological Association)
openalex publication_date 2016/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract
=3,676). Although the intervention could still be improved even further, the current research provides a model for how to improve and scale interventions that begin to address pressing educational problems. It also provides insight into how to teach a growth mindset more effectively.
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