Abstract
Through Growing Mathletes, we developed and field-tested informal education activities designed to teach math within the context of baseball in a way that supports youth in developing a growth mindset. We present our development strategy and discuss our implementation with third through eighth graders at five informal learning sites across the United States. Assessment of program success included pre- and post-program surveys and post-program interviews with youth from all five informal education settings. Our findings revealed our strategy to integrate growth mindset concepts with math and baseball lessons led to positive outcomes related to youth mindset and confidence. We present our overall curriculum design strategy, examples from our curriculum, and discuss our evaluation and outcomes. We also explain how we integrated educational topics/concepts with growth mindset principles along with recommendations for others engaging in similar work.”
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Buxner, Sanlyn; Turner, Erin; Miller, Seneca B.; christina.baze@gmail.com, Christina; and Valerdi, Ricardo
(2026)
"Growing Mathletes: Integrating Growth Mindset, Math, and Sports to Support Youth Learning,"
Journal of Youth Development: Vol. 21:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://open.clemson.edu/jyd/vol21/iss1/13
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