1. 2018 Student Success Summit
Growth Mindset and Ivy Tech’s Partnership with PERTS and Stanford University
Nancy A. McWilliams Saundra Kay King
Associate Professor of Economics Assistant Vice President of Remediation
Department Chair; Humanities, Communications, and Innovation
and Student Success Systems Office
Muncie/New Castle Campuses
2018 Student Success Summit
French Lick, Indiana
April 12-13, 2018

2. Intelligence is a fixed trait You can’t change it Growth Mindset
Fixed Mindset
Intelligence is a fixed trait
You can’t change it
Growth Mindset
You can grow your intelligence through effort, practice, and good strategies
This is too hard. I’m never going to get this.
OK, this is tough, so I’ve got to read and preview notes before I come to class.
Dr. Carol Dweck
Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor
 of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94035

3. What is a growth mindset?
Fixed Mindset
Growth Mindset
Goal in School
Not look stupid
Learn
Effort Means
You’re not smart
You’re Learning
Reaction to Failure
Give Up
Work Harder
These mindsets can impact how students interpret their day-to-day experiences in the classroom, and in particular how they experience challenges. They might draw different meanings from the same event, For example: students with a fixed mindset might interpret… while those with a growth mindset might…

4. Reinforcing cycle
Let’s say you’re a student who just received some feedback from your professor on a paper. If you have a growth mindset you might see the comments as really helpful, which leads to more effort next time around and higher achievement. But if you have a fixed mindset, you might interpret the comments as suggesting that you aren’t good at writing, which might lead to less effort and lower achievement over time.

5. Why growth mindset? Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset Goal in School
Not look stupid
Learn
Effort Means
You’re not smart
You’re Learning
Reaction to Failure
Give Up
Work Harder
Achievement
Lower
Higher
As you can imagine, these mindsets can impact student success. A growth mindset helps people focus on how they can improve rather than on how they might be judged. A fixed mindset can make learning feel threatening or scary, while a growth mindset can make learning feel safe and exciting.

7. So, why is this important?
Ivy Tech Community College students will earn 50,000 high-quality certifications, certificates, and degrees per year aligned with the needs of our workforce.
Ivy Tech Vision Statement

8. Ivy Tech Partnership with Stanford and Growth Mindset Program
Pilot study results (Fall 2012 & 2013)
• Ivy Tech students from 5 campuses
• Randomized control trial
• Two 45-minute online sessions, 2 – 4 weeks apart
• Tracked student academic outcomes for 2 years
College Perspectives Program Fall 2015
• Over 10,000 Ivy Tech students from 10 regions
• Randomized control trial
• Two online sessions
• Session 1: minutes, Session 2: 15 minutes
• 2 – 4 weeks apart
• Currently tracking long-term outcomes
Growth Mindset for College Students Beginning Fall 2017
A growth mindset program designed to increase community college students' achievement and motivation.
This is the ”intervention” from previous RCTs, no
control
One 30 minute online session
Implemented in ENGL 111 in Fort Wayne, IVYT classes in all other campuses and sites.

9. Growth Mindset for the College Student
What does the intervention look like to the student?
30 minute online module
Muncie/New Castle implemented as an in-class activity
No grade is given for activity
Limited student exposure to Growth Mindset concepts
Completed in week 2-3 of the semester
Absent students given opportunity to ‘make-up’

10. Three Steps of the PERTS Intervention
What is your experience with learning?
Students are asked about current learning behaviors and attitudes as well as challenging learning experiences in their past.
Step 2:
Material about the brain and intelligence along with testimonials from other students are presented.
The student is asked about their application of this material to their own individual belief system about intelligence and learning.

11. Three Steps of the PERTS Intervention
Students are then asked to share your findings with another person who might be struggling.
The act of writing this type of persuasion letter, reinforces the individual's belief system allowing them to apply this fact to their future experiences.
Self-Actualization internalizes the beliefs and new concepts previously presented.

12. Three Steps of the PERTS Intervention

13. Three Steps of the PERTS Intervention

14. Reporting & Next Steps
Report from Stanford for results from the writing assignment
Allows college to add attribute that can be tracked
Results encouraging with largest impact on average students
Research suggest challenges in reaching high risk population
Next Steps: Faculty Development
Faculty buy-in has been a key component in success of PERTS
TILT (Transparency in Learning and Teaching) Webinar
Review Selected texts for Growth Mindset language

15. Next Steps Cultivate a Culture of Growth
Use student feedback to reinforce the ‘not yet’
Reinforce with SMART goals for meeting objectives
Differentiated Teaching Strategies
Collaborate with Cross-Curriculum for Best Practices
Be willing to Fail – Faculty Growth Mindset
Avoid False Growth Mindset
Praise without student effort
Feedback that does not create growth
Emotional Intelligence Challenges

16. Contact Information
Nancy McWilliams Saundra Kay King