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ResearchA short values-affirmation writing exercise at the start of a college physics course substantially narrowed the gender gap, lifting women's most common grade from the C range into the B range. In this
ResearchBringing positive psychology into how we understand studying reframes academic motivation: instead of white-knuckling through dread, it highlights the positive drivers, curiosity, engagement, and grow
ResearchA long-term follow-up of two randomized experiments found that a brief values-affirmation writing exercise done by minority middle schoolers produced benefits on college-relevant outcomes years later.
ResearchIn research spanning three universities, meditation training was associated with better retention of lecture material, helping students hold onto more of what they hear without extra cramming. It is a
ResearchA brief in-class writing exercise where African American middle school students reflected on personal values improved their grades, and those gains held over a full two years. Reported in the journal
ResearchA critical review of research on higher-education student stress reached two conclusions: student stress is a serious and apparently rising concern, and the research on it remains limited in scope and
ResearchThrough case studies of mindful teachers, researchers found that a teacher's personal mindfulness practice shows up in their teaching, shaping how present and attentive they are with students. Mindful
ResearchAnalyzing large international datasets from TIMSS and PISA, researchers found that self-belief constructs, self-efficacy, confidence, and educational aspiration, were the strongest predictors of stude
ResearchStudying 92 school-aged children with MRI, researchers found academic self-concept, a child's belief in their own ability, positively correlated with academic achievement measured one year later. Conf
ResearchIn a study of over 606,000 students across 79 countries, both a student's own growth mindset and their classmates' growth mindsets were linked to academic resilience among disadvantaged students. Stud
ResearchThis China study designed a 12-week, classroom-integrated growth mindset program to lift non-language majors' motivation and engagement in compulsory English, testing whether their motivational self-s
ResearchOne university built mental wellness modules and personal reflection directly into first-year engineering courses instead of leaving support to optional services outside class. Early signs suggest thi
ResearchA survey of 486 Chinese university English learners found that feeling supported by teachers and holding a growth language mindset both predicted higher well-being in AI-integrated classrooms. Student