This month we talk with Dr. Elisabeth Tipton about the research support for growth mindset interventions, and the flaws in last month’s meta-analysis. Together we consider how growth mindset should be part of a more comprehensive approach to helping students improve.
Later, we read how listening to music reduces our ability to use our working memory for academic tasks. Their laboratory study shows music has a cost, but we wonder whether the cost of background classroom distractions might be higher.
- First Segment – Growth Mindset Revisited – 02:35
- Second Segment – Background Music’s Distracting Impact – 29:19
Featured Guest
Primary Citations
- *Tipton, E., Bryan, C., Murray, J., McDaniel, M. A., Schneider, B., & Yeager, D. S. (2023). Why meta-analyses of growth mindset and other interventions should follow best practices for examining heterogeneity: Commentary on Macnamara and Burgoyne (2023) and Burnette et al. (2023). Psychological Bulletin, 149(3-4), 229–241. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000384
- *Bell, R., Mieth, L., Röer, J. P., & Buchner, A. (2023). The reverse Mozart effect: music disrupts verbal working memory irrespective of whether you like it or not. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2023.2216919
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Featured Beverage
We drink Trappist Rochefort Tripple Extra, an extra strong blonde beer from Trappist Abbey of Rochefort in Rochefort, Belgium.