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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Perspect Psychol Sci. 2019 Feb 1;14(3):481–496. doi: 10.1177/1745691618804166

Table 1.

Research and Development Timeline for the High School Growth-Mindset Intervention

Phase Years References Step
1 2010–2012 Paunesku et al. (2015); Yeager, Walton, et al. (2016) 1.1. Test the “base” versions, adapted from lab manipulations
2 2013–2014 Yeager, Romero, et al. (2016) 2.1. Attempts to rewrite
2.2. A/B tests (N ≈ 3,000)
2.3. User testing (N ≈ 300)
2.4. Extensive rewriting to finalize “new” version
3 2014–2015 Yeager, Walton, et al. (2016) 3.1. Head-to-head test of “base” versus “new,” proxy outcome (N ≈ 7,500)
3.2. Preregistered evaluation of “new” versus control, GPA outcome, convenience sample (N ≈ 3,600)
4 2015–2016 Yeager, Hanselman, et al. (2018) 4.1. Extensive rewriting to finalize “newer” version
4.2. Preregistered evaluation of “newer” versus control, GPA outcome, national sample

Note: The growth-mindset intervention is freely available for schools in the United States at http://www.perts.net.