1. 1. The Growth Yetty Improves 4th Graders Fixed Mindset Kristen Duprel, Ashley Edwards, Joel Sadler d.Compress
2. 2. POV: Give up John 4th grade student needs a way to persist through stressful reading situations. Unknown words are like landmines on the page.
3. 3. Insight: Mindset predicts long term performance. SBTM: Acknowlege the YET to get unstuck Source: Carol Dwecks Research on Fixed vs Growth Mindset. Transformation
4. 4. + EARLY PROTOTYPES: I dont know yet Jar and Yetty Monster Feed YETTY tricky words ...it tells you meaning Collect tricky words in the I dont know yet jar
5. 5. Prototype VIDEO
6. 6. YETTY APP USER STORY When you find a tricky word feed it to the Yetty Monster (by taking a photo) 1
7. 7. Yetty Monster App: GROWTH VISUALIZATION GROW LEARN COLLECT2 3 4
8. 8. Pre-test + Post- test student growth mindset assessments 10 student control group + 10 student test group, varying reading levels 4th Graders @ Cornerstone Academy in East San Jose Trial Design (20 Students) Example: Some kids can't do well in any kind of school work. Not True at All 1 2 3 4 5) Very True
9. 9. RESULTS: Change in Fixed Mindset Score *p=0.05 t-test S.E.M. * CONTROL TEST Kids in the Test Group (with growing Yetty) on average improved 7% on Fixed Mindset score.*(p=0.05)
10. 10. faster than the dictionary growing Yetty monster helped me move on No audio "I like that the monster's head grew because it showed me that you're getting smarter and it made me feel like I was getting smarter too." Qualitative Results
11. 11. Next Steps Create avatars for students using the Yetty Find other ways to incorporate growing Yetty Make Yetty data available to classroom teachers
12. 12. NOI: The Power of Visualizing Growth 5 mins with a growing avatar can shift mindset Fighting stress... by seeing who you want to be