Evidence Shows Mindsets Drives Significant Gains in Student Engagement, Reasoning & Critical Thinking Skills
Students are applying fractions with Mindsets Catchy Clothing Challenge
Drawing on thousands of student responses, WestEd reported that Mindsets Challenges — short, applied, hands-on tasks — led to a 7.7× increase in student engagement and more than doubling of students’ mathematical reasoning and analytical skills.
Read the full WestEd report here
Key Findings
• Engagement increased by 7.7×
• Mathematical reasoning increased by 2.5×
• Analytical thinking increased by 2.5×
Why This Matters
WestEd’s findings demonstrate that even a short series of Mindsets Challenges can produce meaningful growth in engagement, mathematical reasoning, and higher-order thinking.
About San Diego Unified’s Implementation
Mindsets partnered with San Diego Unified - California’s second-largest district - to implement themed Challenges in student groups across grades 6–8 of mixed ages and mixed ability: Building Community, Food Week, Movement, Shark Tank, and The Amazing Race.
About WestEd
WestEd is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research, development, and service agency supporting education systems nationwide with rigorous, independent evaluations.
About Mindsets
Mindsets helps students to grow their reasoning & critical thinking skills for future success. The program goes a step further to spark and grow students untapped capacity with Future Ready Skills: including their ability to Communicate Effectively, to Collaborate and Be Creative & Entrepreneurial.
To explore research, implementation and collaboration opportunities - please contact the Mindsets team.
Web Address
Learn More
Dr Aubrey Escobar / Chief Education Officer
Mindsets Education
hello@mindsets.com
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