Harackiewicz et al., 2012: Explaining why math and science are useful to parents increased enrollment in those courses and scores in an standardized test among high schoolers
Reference:
Harackiewicz, J. M., Rozek, C. S., Hulleman, C. S., & Hyde, J. S. (2012). Helping parents to motivate adolescents in mathematics and science: An experimental test of a utility-value intervention. Psychological Science, 23(8), 899-906.
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Mailing brochures to parents and creating a website highlighting the usefulness of math and science courses and how to talk with adolescents about this increased students’ enrollment in math and science courses in the last two years of high school. In a long-term follow-up, the treatment raised math and science scores on a college preparatory exam (the ACT) by 12 percentile points (Rosek et al., 2017).
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Personal and Social ExperiencesApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Changing beliefs about personal experiences and contexts that lack meaningHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Does this school or work task have personal meaning to me?Does this school or work task have personal meaning to me?Psychological Question Addressed
Does this school or work task have personal meaning to me?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Education
Intervention Technique:
Direct labeling, of a situation