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Students’ non-cognitive skills in times of crisis: COVID-19 in Mexico

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11 December 2023

Tonatiuh Cruz Herrera, Manuel Lara González, Alejandro López-Feldman

The COVID-19 pandemic caused serious disruptions in the school systems throughout the world. In this work we look at the effect that the pandemic had in non-cognitive skills of students in Mexico. Few studies have looked at this relationship and the studies available have looked at the effects on children in high-income countries. Our results show that growth mindset declined, while social awareness and self-management improved during the pandemic. The negative effects on growth mindset are certainly a reason for concern, while the improvement on the other measures can be seen as a silver lining amidst the chaos created by the pandemic.

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Herrera, T. C., González, M. L., & López-Feldman, A. (2023). Students’ non-cognitive skills in times of crisis: COVID-19 in Mexico. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8(1), 100723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100723
Publication | 11 December 2023