Mindset and Service Learning: Community and Classroom Interventions

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Research Proposal / Learning Theories and Pedagogy

Abstract

The presenters examine growth mindset interventions as a means to teach and position community engagement as a key aspect of students’ academic and personal development. These interventions include assignments that value process over product; surveys (including Dweck’s Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale); and reflection activities that promote students’ understanding of how mindset impacts their service work, classroom education, and life. The interventions were implemented in service learning courses taught by English faculty. Through growth mindset activities, shared reflections, and a service learning program assessment survey, we measured the effectiveness of growth mindset interventions on student learning in service learning courses.

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Presentation Session

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Room 1

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Mar 31st, 12:00 PM Mar 31st, 12:45 PM

Mindset and Service Learning: Community and Classroom Interventions

Room 1

The presenters examine growth mindset interventions as a means to teach and position community engagement as a key aspect of students’ academic and personal development. These interventions include assignments that value process over product; surveys (including Dweck’s Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale); and reflection activities that promote students’ understanding of how mindset impacts their service work, classroom education, and life. The interventions were implemented in service learning courses taught by English faculty. Through growth mindset activities, shared reflections, and a service learning program assessment survey, we measured the effectiveness of growth mindset interventions on student learning in service learning courses.