Oral Presentations
Location
Sydnor Performance Hall
Access Type
Event
Event Website
http://www.lynchburg.edu/academics/red-letter-day/student-scholar-showcase/
Entry Number
089
Start Date
4-6-2016 3:30 PM
End Date
4-6-2016 3:45 PM
Abstract
Can non-cognitive skills such as a growth mindset or grit positively impact outcomes for students who live under the poverty line? This is an important question in light of the apparent achievement gap in schools between children who live in poverty and their peers. Teaching educators, students, and parents non-cognitive skills including growth mindset or grit could potentially improve the educational outcomes. This type of intervention is appealing because there would be a low cost; it would not be a policy change but an attitude change. Perhaps the belief that one can achieve can help motivate students to do so. This is a meta-analysis of current research on poverty and the impact of non-cognitive skills on classroom achievement. Some classic studies explored include Carol Dweck’s work studying growth mindset as well as Angela Lee Duckworth’s study of grit in children and adults. Observations were made about non-cognitive skills impact students’ outcomes, and suggestions are made for educators and parents.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Gail Brown
The Little Engine That Could: Closing the Achievement Gap How grit and growth mindset positively impact educational outcomes for students in poverty.
Sydnor Performance Hall
Can non-cognitive skills such as a growth mindset or grit positively impact outcomes for students who live under the poverty line? This is an important question in light of the apparent achievement gap in schools between children who live in poverty and their peers. Teaching educators, students, and parents non-cognitive skills including growth mindset or grit could potentially improve the educational outcomes. This type of intervention is appealing because there would be a low cost; it would not be a policy change but an attitude change. Perhaps the belief that one can achieve can help motivate students to do so. This is a meta-analysis of current research on poverty and the impact of non-cognitive skills on classroom achievement. Some classic studies explored include Carol Dweck’s work studying growth mindset as well as Angela Lee Duckworth’s study of grit in children and adults. Observations were made about non-cognitive skills impact students’ outcomes, and suggestions are made for educators and parents.
https://digitalshowcase.lynchburg.edu/studentshowcase/2016/Presentations/31