Promoting and Sustaining a Growth Mindset in Online Classrooms Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic

Session Description

Educators have long sought to understand why some students persist and overcome challenges, while others give up. Here, we will present a theoretical exploration of growth mindset as a factor for student success in online courses during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Our qualitative exploratory study presents a review of the relevant literature, includes practical suggestions for classroom applications in online courses, and indicates avenues for future research and discovery.

 

Presenter(s)

Michelle Reinhardt
Purdue University Global

Michelle M. Reinhardt, M.A. joined Purdue University Global as a full-time instructor in 2003 and currently serves as course lead and faculty mentor in the school of Business and IT. Her research interests are in the areas of student motivation and engagement.


Dora Finamore
Purdue University Global

Dora C.D. Finamore, EdD, joined Purdue University Global in 2004 and currently serves as a full-time adjunct in the School and Business and IT. She has extensive experience in private practice as a licensed clinical mental health counselor and has been a professor of Business and Psychology for 17 years.


E. Valerie Hewitt
Purdue University Global

E. Valerie Hewitt joined Purdue University Global om 2007 and currently serves as an adjunct instructor in the School of Business and IT. Her research interests are in the areas of the retention of first-year online students and increasing student success.


Loretta A. Millam
Purdue University Global

Loretta “Laurie” Millam, EdS, MBA, joined Purdue University Global in 2002 and currently serves as Academic Department Chair in the School of Business and IT. Her research interests are in the areas of student success and learning strategies specifically for first-term students.


Linda Watson
Purdue University Global

Linda Watson, MBA, joined Purdue University Global in 2006 and currently teaches serves as an adjunct instructor in the School of Business and IT. Her current research interests include the areas of student success and engagement, particularly for first-term students.

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