Michael Barger

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…

Come be our colleague at UGA (assistant professor of quant methods in educational psychology)! ugajobsearch.com/postings/40423…)

@GoddessofSalads It's always in the syllabus.

@pnbeymer @ECAllen Really interesting, Patrick and Elise! I like this approach to thinking about individual and class level changes.

🚨 New paper! @ECAllen and I look at students' motivational beliefs across a semester of stats. We compared individual students fluctuations to the course averages. Takeaways: students rarely resemble the class average. More within-person studies needed! tinyurl.com/v8s43mdv

Applying for a PhD in social psych? Consider Florida! We've got rocks! We've got gators! We've got awesome grad students doing awesome things. I will likely be taking a student this fall - if you find boredom interesting, and personality boring, let's talk! (yes, shots fired)

Academic friends, does anyone happen to know studies that have used person-centered approaches to model parenting behaviors (e.g., autonomy-support, control, affect, math talk) in either formal or informal learning environments? @AERA_MotSIG @AERADivCGrad @AERADivC @MotSIG_GSC

Our PhD program in Ed Psych and Program Eval @ODU is seeking a lecturer to teach research methods and stats courses. The position is for 1 yr. PhD in a related discipline is required. Please spread the word! Please reach out to me directly if you know anyone. Thanks!

Correct doi: doi.org/10.1037/dev000…

Intervention work is messy! I hope this inspires others to think about how parents’ beliefs shape (or fail to shape) their parenting practices. I encourage you to read the full paper (DM me if you need access). 8/8

But we did see overall improvements for ALL parents’ math practices over time, even the control group. Maybe our active control was just too helpful (we talked about Common Core and how to support math learning) to see a difference for the mindset intervention. 7/8

However, the intervention didn’t change parents’ practices when working with their kids on math. And since parents’ behaviors didn’t change, kids’ math adjustment didn’t seem to be stronger in the intervention group either. 6/8

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…

The results? We were able to successfully help parents in the intervention condition see that math ability can improve. The changes were sustained throughout the study. That’s the first step in a successful intervention! 5/8

We gave parents mindset brochures, opportunities to practice a growth mindset, and ideas about how to do math at home. We followed families for about 1.5 years to see what impact the intervention had on beliefs, parenting practices, and children’s math adjustment. 4/8

We conducted a randomized control trial (with an active control condition) to see if getting parents of elementary schoolers to see that math ability can grow and that failures are a part of that process would improve children’s math learning. 3/8

There is some evidence that is helpful for students to have a growth mindset (the belief that your ability can grow) because it helps you persist through challenges, but it might be particularly helpful if the people around you also believe this. 2/8

link.springer.com/article/10.100… Cool, gonna go back to writing my fifteen-page proposal now.

@yin_psyched @erindolan1 @DrDeLeonGray @emilyqr Very proud of Dr. Chen!

Research Request: Meta-Analysis on Effects of Task-Value Interventions on Students’ Educational Outcomes apadiv15.org/2024/05/25/res…

📢 We are looking for a new lab manager! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/146285 More about our research: CimpianLab.com Please help spread the word and encourage interested students to apply! Thank you!!

@yin_psyched Boring means that you have gotten it so good that it all seems obvious to you!