Elizabeth Canning

Simply telling students that retrieval practice is powerful may not be enough; students need both belief correction and motivational nudges to embed the habit. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

My new office for the year! I’ll be spending my sabbatical in Berlin as a Fellow of the @wiko_berlin Excited to read, write, learn, and meet some amazing new people.

The first article is a phenomenal review by Rebecca Covarrubias that discusses belonging as not only psychological but also political, highlighting paradoxes of school belonging, “reimaging who can, wants, and gets to belong” 🔥 OPEN ACCESS paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@highschoolpsych Yes! I haven’t used it in class but it looks like a great tool.

@dr_canning Are you familiar with Spent? playspent.org/html/

Today in my Social Psych class we played the Game of Social Life by Bramesfeld (2015). Everyone gets a character profile with different identities & privileges and makes decisions about money, housing, healthcare, education, voting, etc. tinyurl.com/ym9nkr4e

Highly recommend playing before an election! It is very helpful in starting a dialogue about privilege, oppression, structural inequality, and the social psychology behind meritocracy and voting--and it's really fun to play! (Candidate A won in the mock election!)

🚨News! tinyurl.com/y3vskm73 Low-SES students are often portrayed as lacking skills. We test the effect of reframing this narrative in a field trial (N=786). Highlighting the strengths low-SES students show boosted grades over one semester, closing an SES-performance gap.

Just published! 🎉Thrilled to share my #PhD research on how watching others take on challenges can spark a desire to push your own limits. #motivation Grateful to my co-authors Dr Ying Lee, @bhismadev and @KouMurayama for their invaluable contributions. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-…

💥Excited to share the very first publication to come out of our lab!💥 Undergraduates resonate most with the biographies of Scientist Spotlight assignments, increasing their relatability to and positively shifting their stereotypes about scientists: journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…

**New OPEN-ACCESS paper alert!!** “Causes and consequences of stereotypes: Interest stereotypes reduce adolescent girls’ motivation to enroll in computer science classes” is in JRTE: doi.org/10.1080/153915… @PHLSatUH @UHCOE @UW_ILABS @scheryan1 @__TMAlexander (1/n)

Another new paper out now!🤩 We looked at beliefs about challenge (difficulty, failures, and mistakes) among undergrads in a high-stakes STEM course, using person-centered methods. (1/) authors.elsevier.com/a/1jqda3irP4H0…

From LSE Students from racially minoritized backgrounds who perceive their faculty mentor to be more culturally aware experience more positive social climates in STEM labs & identify more as scientists. @Ivan_AHernandez doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24…

Good morning! I am thrilled to share this new paper on instructors' mindset beliefs and behaviors, published in Social Psychology of Education, with co-authors @KatieKroeper @dr_canning & @mcmpsych! link.springer.com/article/10.100… (1/3)

Ready for Back to School? Our JEP meta-analysis of 55 studies on motivational regulation strategies is out and may help us to stay motivated and and carry on as we start the fall term! Check it out here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-05… #BackToSchool #Motivation @AERA_MotSIG @TXSTCOE

From LSE First-generation (FG) students experience more barriers in college, compared w/ continuing-generation students @dr_canning study provides preliminary evidence that instructors communicating growth mindset messages can support FG performance. doi.org/10.1187/cbe.23…

New @ScienceAdvances research finds that, when offered more autonomy, undergraduate students choose to factor attendance into their grade and pick harder assessments. scim.ag/7Ln

In today's #teaforteaching podcast, @dr_canning, Makita White, and William B. Davis join us to discuss a growth-mindset intervention that eliminated the first-gen/continuing-gen equity gap in a large STEM class. teaforteaching.podbean.com/e/growth-minds… @cyberthread

Can we change parents’ mindsets about math? Yes! Does this help their children do better in math? Well… new work led by Carolyn MacDonald with Oh, Pomerantz, @andreicimpian doi.org/10.1037/dev000…

My first JPSP paper of my career! ⭐️With @AnaliaAlbuja Diana Sanchez & @JaelynNixon_ we measure how intergroup contact from @DukeU’s randomized roommate policy boosts friend diversity! Check out this write up all about this @NSF funded work! today.duke.edu/2024/05/unlike…