Influencing Mindsets and Motivation in Procedural Skills Learning: Two Randomized Studies

An incremental (growth) theory of intelligence (mindset), compared with an entity (fixed) mindset, has been associated with improved motivation and performance. Interventions to induce incremental beliefs have improved performance on non-surgical motor tasks. We sought to evaluate the impact of 2 brief interventions to induce incremental beliefs in the context of learning a surgical task.

Source: Journal of Surgical Education - November 22, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: David A. Cook, Becca L. Gas, David R. Farley, Matthew Lineberry, Nimesh D. Naik, Francisco J. Cardenas Lara, Anthony R. Artino Tags: ORIGINAL REPORTS Source Type: research