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Changing Mindsets — Evaluation Report (second / effectiveness trial)

Authors: Foliano, F.; Rolfe, H.; Buzzeo, J.; Runge, J.; Wilkinson, D. (NIESR evaluation for EEF) · Year: 2019 · Tier: RCT · DOI/URL:

Primary school (grades 1–6) Motivation and curiosity

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C13	EEF Year 6 English effectiveness RCT (101 schools): KS2 maths/reading/GPS ≈ 0; FSM subgroup also null; control teachers often already used similar messages. Primary multi-week teacher-led programme — outside C13 short online secondary scope; average-effect context only. Full text stored.

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Syntes: Foliano et al. (2019) — EEF Changing Mindsets effectiveness trial

Large English primary effectiveness RCT: Year 6 growth-mindset programme (teacher PD + ~8 weekly workshops) vs waitlist. KS2 maths/reading/GPS effect sizes ≈ −0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 (ns). FSM subgroup also null. Control teachers often already used similar messages. Outside C13's short online secondary scope (primary; multi-week teacher-led). Useful whole-sample null context for open question 9 / average-effect clause; cannot kill C13's lower-achiever secondary clause.

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ID: MOT-014
Tier: RCT (effectiveness; EEF evaluation report)
Titel: Changing Mindsets — Evaluation Report (second / effectiveness trial)
Författare: Foliano, F.; Rolfe, H.; Buzzeo, J.; Runge, J.; Wilkinson, D. (NIESR evaluation for EEF)
År: 2019
Källa: Education Endowment Foundation project report (Changing Mindsets second trial)
URL: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/changing-mindset-2015
PDF: https://d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/documents/projects/Changing_Mindsets.pdf
Typ: two-arm cluster RCT; 101 English primary schools; 5,018 Year 6 pupils; teacher-led ~8 weekly growth-mindset workshops + PD; KS2 maths/reading/GPS outcomes; FSM subgroup
Åldersgrupp: grundskola-lag (Year 6 / age 10–11)
Teman: motivation-och-nyfikenhet
Paywall: open (EEF)
Tillagd: 2026-10-27 (extra4 attack search for C13; full text stored)

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