Trial reportCBE life sciences education2024
Growth Mindset Messages from Instructors Improve Academic Performance Among First-Generation College Students.
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- Depression and general self-efficacy among first-generation college students in China: a longitudinal analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Characterizing the Content and Mechanisms of Instructor Messages that Communicate Instructor Beliefs About Ability to Undergraduates.CBE life sciences education · 2026Article
- Can we Mitigate the Impacts of Test Anxiety Through Reappraisal Interventions? A Replication Study in Science Courses Across Multiple Institution Types in the United States.CBE life sciences education · 2026Article
- Perceived Inequities in STEM Classes Make Them Feel Competitive.CBE life sciences education · 2025Article
- Making the first moves as a university teacher : Effective teaching of students is a life-long challenge and requires a solid understanding of pedagogical concepts.EMBO reports · 2025Article
- Applying the mentor mindset to undergraduate and graduate student teaching assistant professional development in a laboratory course.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2025Article
- Breaking confirmatory spells by implementing research-integrated CUREs.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2025Article
- Student perceptions of supports and barriers for transferring quantitative reasoning in introductory biology lab courses.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2025Article
- Mindset Variations Among Undergraduate Neuroscience Students.Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Is Support in the Anxiety of the Beholder? How Anxiety Interacts with Perceptions of Instructor Support in Introductory Biology Classes.CBE life sciences education · 2024Article
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Abstract
First-generation (FG) college students (i.e., those for whom neither parent/guardian obtained a bachelor's degree) experience more barriers in college, compared with continuing-generation students. These barriers are compounded by subtle messages from instructors that convey the idea that natural talent is necessary for success in scientific fields. In contrast, growth mindset messages communicate that ability can improve with effort, help-seeking, and using productive study strategies. In a large enrollment introductory biology course, students were randomly assigned to receive email messages from their instructor after the first two exams containing either a growth mindset or control message. The intervention improved grades in the course for everyone, on average, compared with control messages, and were especially beneficial for FG students. This increase in performance was partially mediated by increased activity accessing course materials on the course website. This study provides preliminary evidence that instructors communicating growth mindset messages can support FG students' performance.
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