College mentors often de-emphasize students’ motivational characteristics—e.g., their sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and their views about whether intelligence is fixed or malleable.  These characteristics can especially impact learning outcomes of women and underrepresented students, and stereotype threats exacerbate these issues.  This session will discuss research studies that show how mentoring and coaching students using different types of social psychological interventions can improve the motivation and learning of all students, especially women and those from underrepresented groups.

Registration required.

Presenters:

Kevin Binning, research scientist, Learning Research and Development Center, and assistant professor, Department of Psychology

Chandralekha Singh, director, Discipline-based Science Education Research Center, and professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy