Audience
researchers
Keywords
Student Needs, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Teacher Expectations of Students, Student Attitudes, Stress Management, Intervention, Attitude Change, Self Concept, Positive Reinforcement
Author(s)
Yeager, D., Walton, G., & Cohen, G. L.
Date
2013
Abstract
Student psychology–how the classroom looks and feels from the perspective of the student–can powerfully affect motivation and learning, and experiments are increasingly showing that even brief interventions to change psychology can boost achievement over months or years. When paired with other structural reforms, social-psychological interventions may help solve educational problems, including underperformance and achievement gaps.