Table 2 Impact of growth mindset on course performance by subject

From: Divergent effects of mindsets on performance trajectories

 

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Course Grade

Variables

All

Non-major courses

Major courses

All

Non-major courses

Major courses

Mindset

0.022***

0.029***

−0.005

0.019***

0.027***

-0.006

 

(0.004)

(0.005)

(0.009)

(0.004)

(0.005)

(0.008)

Gender (0=female, 1=male)

−0.091***

−0.093***

−0.080***

−0.086***

−0.086***

−0.092***

 

(0.009)

(0.010)

(0.017)

(0.008)

(0.009)

(0.017)

Intake (0=Cohort 1, 1=Cohort 2)

0.046***

0.050***

0.031*

0.041***

0.048***

0.014

 

(0.008)

(0.010)

(0.017)

(0.008)

(0.009)

(0.017)

Constant

3.011***

3.007***

3.025***

3.010***

3.003***

3.038***

 

(0.007)

(0.008)

(0.013)

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.013)

Course Fixed Effect

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

33,607

26,619

6988

33,519

26,530

6976

R-squared

0.005

0.006

0.004

0.117

0.139

0.087

  1. When controlling for course fixed effect, those with only one observation within a fixed effect group are dropped.
  2. Note: Standard errors are reported in parentheses. ***, **, and * denote significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level (two-sided) respectively.