modeling.asu.edu/modeling/weblinks.html
scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/67/5/10.1063/PT.3.2383
This is a short and simple written essay assignment fostering student reflection, promoting mindset, and countering stereotype threat. Interestingly enough, I am participating in a study with similar micro-interventions in my physics course here at Buffalo State right now. Scroll down to the section called “Research results for K-14 science teachers.” The reading for students is near the bottom of that section, just under a link to PERTS (at Stanford University—it has numerous mindset resources and mindset surveys to give students). The entire modeling webpage is a treasure trove of insightful physics teaching practices.
A related freely available Physics Today article, “Psychological Insights for Improved Physics Teaching” by Lauren Aguilar, Greg Walton, and Carl Wieman (May 2014, pp. 43-49), is also recommended. Posted to Modeling-L by Jane Jackson of Arizona State University.