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SUBMITTER: Destin M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7156083 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Destin Mesmin M Hanselman Paul P Buontempo Jenny J Tipton Elizabeth E Yeager David S DS
AERA open 20190701 3
Students from higher-socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds show a persistent advantage in academic outcomes over lower-SES students. It is possible that students' beliefs about academic ability, or mindsets, play some role in contributing to these disparities. Data from a recent nationally representative sample of ninth-grade students in U.S. public schools provided evidence that higher SES was associated with fewer fixed beliefs about academic ability (a group difference of .22 standard deviat ...[more]