Start Date
16-12-2020 10:00 AM
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The advent of the coronavirus has had negative effects on education around the globe. In the LA unified school district, more students are failing. Additionally, a study in Pakistan found that not only is online learning inferior to face to face learning in terms of academic performance, but also has a marked effect on the impoverished. Growth mindset may be a possible solution. Recent studies have shown that an hour online intervention could significantly improve grade performance and that a growth mindset can even assuage the negative effects of poverty on academics. Therefore, I propose that such an online intervention with the addition of addressing stress—in order to counteract the negative effect of stress on performance— could help mitigate the limitations of online learning and improve academic performance. I plan to conduct a longitudinal study that tests whether an online intervention will increase grade point average in university students across the United States, as well as decrease stress and increase level of mastery goals. If the study indicates significant results, follow-up research should be conducted to test generalizability on a global scale.
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Using a Growth Mindset to Improve Online Learning
The advent of the coronavirus has had negative effects on education around the globe. In the LA unified school district, more students are failing. Additionally, a study in Pakistan found that not only is online learning inferior to face to face learning in terms of academic performance, but also has a marked effect on the impoverished. Growth mindset may be a possible solution. Recent studies have shown that an hour online intervention could significantly improve grade performance and that a growth mindset can even assuage the negative effects of poverty on academics. Therefore, I propose that such an online intervention with the addition of addressing stress—in order to counteract the negative effect of stress on performance— could help mitigate the limitations of online learning and improve academic performance. I plan to conduct a longitudinal study that tests whether an online intervention will increase grade point average in university students across the United States, as well as decrease stress and increase level of mastery goals. If the study indicates significant results, follow-up research should be conducted to test generalizability on a global scale.
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