Blackwell et al (2007) performed a growth mindset intervention with
minority students in the USA (African American and Latino) making the
transition to 7th grade, many of whom were already showing declining grades.
The control group received eight sessions of training in study skills, while the
growth mindset group received eight sessions of study skills plus training in the
growth mindset. The key growth mindset message was that effort changes the
brain by forming new connections, and that students control this process. The
growth mindset intervention halted the students’ decline in grades and started
the students on a new pathway of improvement and high achievement