Demographic differences in a growth mindset incentive structure for educational games

Eleanor O'Rourke; Carol S. Dweck; Yvonne Chen; Zoran Popović; Kyla Haimovitz

doi:10.1145/2724660.2728686

Demographic differences in a growth mindset incentive structure for educational games

Eleanor O'Rourke, Carol S. Dweck, Yvonne Chen, Zoran Popović, Kyla Haimovitz

Computer Science

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4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Video games have great potential to motivate students in environments for learning at scale. However, little is known about how to design in-game incentive structures to maximize learning and engagement. In this work, we expand on our previous research that introduced a new "brain points" incentive structure designed to promote the growth mindset, or the belief that intelligence is malleable. We replicate our original findings, showing that brain points increase student persistence and use of strategy. We also explore how brain points impact students from different demographic groups. We find that brain points are less engaging for low-income students, and discuss methods of improving our design in the future.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	331-334
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450334112
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2724660.2728686
State	Published - Mar 14 2015
Event	2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, L@S 2015 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: Mar 14 2015 → Mar 18 2015

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Name	L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale

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Other	2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, L@S 2015
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	3/14/15 → 3/18/15

Keywords

Educational games
Growth mindset
Incentive structures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Education
Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications

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O'Rourke, E, Dweck, CS, Chen, Y, Popović, Z & Haimovitz, K 2015, Demographic differences in a growth mindset incentive structure for educational games. in L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale. L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 331-334, 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, L@S 2015, Vancouver, Canada, 3/14/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2724660.2728686

Demographic differences in a growth mindset incentive structure for educational games. / O'Rourke, Eleanor; Dweck, Carol S.; Chen, Yvonne et al.

L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 331-334 (L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale).

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