An Online Drill-and-Practice System Anchoring the Cultivation of a Growth Mindset: Design Concepts, Core Components, and Preliminary Evaluation

Abstract

Given the far-reaching effects of a growth mindset on cognitive, social-emotional, and professional development, the researcher aimed at constructing the world’s first online drill-and-practice learning system anchoring the cultivation of a growth mindset. Essentially, the central ideas treasured by growth mindset advocates (e.g., stressing mistakes as opportunities for cognitive growth, focusing on learning processes over outcomes) are highlighted by designing, developing, and integrating an error correction sub-system consisting of six productive error correction steps into an existing drill-and-practice system. This paper mainly explains the design concepts and core components supporting the productive error correction process. An evaluation study involving four classes of sixth-grade students (n=104) is undertaken to provide preliminary data on its effects on cultivating a growth mindset.