Growing Early Mindsets (GEM), offered by Mindset Works, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL with academic integration with literacy and science. It includes programming for grades Pre-K-3 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades K-3.
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- SEL lessons
- Instructional practices
- Student voice
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- Service-learning
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- School Involvement
- Activities and Resources for Home
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- Onsite in-person training
- Virtual training
- Offsite training
- Train the trainer model
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- Administrator support
- Coaching
- Technical assistance
- Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
- Online resource library
- Self-report tools for monitoring implementation
- Observational tools
- Tools for measuring student success
Evidence of effectiveness
Results from a quasi-experimental evaluation conducted over three consecutive academic years from 2013-2016 (unpublished report written in 2020) supported the effectiveness of GEM for early elementary school students. This evaluation included 554 kindergarten through grade 3 students in rural and urban schools in the U.S. West region (of the students enrolled in the participating districts between 79-84% were white and 11-16% were Latino; between 43-58% were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL)). This evaluation found that students participating in the GEM program showed significantly greater growth in teacher-reported classroom self-regulation behaviors compared to students in the control group (outcomes reported approximately 18 weeks after baseline, while controlling for outcome pretest).
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Evidence shown in grades K, 1, 2, 3School characteristics -
- Rural
- Suburban
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- West
Student characteristics - Hispanic / Latinx
- White
- Low income
Percentage Low Income - Eligible for FRPL: 58%
Study design type - QE
Greater than 350 students included in study design type - Yes
Multiple school districts included at study design type - Yes
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- Improved academic performance
- Reduced emotional distress
- Improved identity development and agency
- Reduced problem behaviors
- Improved school climate
- Improved school connectedness
- Improved social behaviors
- Improved teaching practices
- Improved other SEL skills and attitudes
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Coates, K., Fredericks, A., & Roberts, S. (2020). Growing Early Mindsets (GEM): A Preliminary Test of Impacts Shows Promise for GEM to Increase K-3 Students Approaches to Learning and Social and Emotional Development. Unpublished Manuscript.
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