From teachers’ implicit theories of intelligence to job stress: The mediating role of teachers’ causal attribution of students’ academic achievement

Author(s):  
Vivienne Y. K. Tao ◽  
Yun Li ◽  
Ka Hou Lam ◽  
Chi Wo Leung ◽  
Chit Iam Sun ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Štěpán Bahník ◽  
Marek Vranka

Implicit theories of intelligence have been proposed to predict a large number of different outcomes in education. The belief that intelligence is malleable (growth mindset) is supposed to lead to better academic achievement and students’ mindset is therefore a potential target for interventions. The present study used a large sample of university applicants (N = 5,653) taking a scholastic aptitude test to further examine the relationship between mindset and academic achievement. We found that results in the test were slightly negatively associated with growth mindset (r = -.03). Mindset showed no relationship with the number of test administrations participants signed up for and it did not predict results in a later administration of the scholastic aptitude test. The results show that the strength of the association between academic achievement and mindset might be weaker than previously thought.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariane Doucet ◽  
Thérèse Bouffard ◽  
Carole Vezeau

Little is known about how implicit theories of intelligence and perceived competence are related. This study examines whether concern over mistakes mediates this relationship. A total of 508 students (255 girls) in grade 4 or 5 completed self-reported surveys for four consecutive years. Each year, the results of the mediation analysis indicate that students who perceive their intelligence as more malleable have a stronger sense of competence (r = .25 to .32, p < .001), while the more concerned they are over mistakes, the lower their perceived competence (r = -.18 to -.26, p < .001). At each time of measurement, the concern over mistakes weakens the relationship between the conception of intelligence and perceived competence, which remains significant and moderate, but the role of concern over mistakes tends to fade over time. Keywords: intelligence theory, mistake preoccupation, perception of competence, mediation analysis, elementary and high school education La relation entre la théorie implicite de l'intelligence et la perception de compétence reste peu connue. Cette étude examine le rôle potentiellement médiateur de la préoccupation envers l'erreur dans cette relation. Les 508 élèves participants (255 filles) de 4e année ou 5e année du primaire au début de l'étude ont répondu aux questionnaires pendant quatre ans consécutifs. Les résultats des analyses de médiation faites tous les ans indiquent que plus les élèves ont une conception dynamique de l’intelligence, plus leur perception de compétence est élevée (r = .25 à .32, p < .001) alors que plus ils sont préoccupés par l’erreur, moins leur perception de compétence est élevée (r = -.18 à -.26, p < .001). À chaque temps de mesure, la préoccupation envers l'erreur diminue significativement le lien entre la conception de l'intelligence et la perception de compétence, mais ce dernier reste significatif et modéré. Mots-clés : théorie de l'intelligence, préoccupation envers l’erreur, perception de compétence, analyse de médiation, enseignement primaire et secondaire


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Iveta Ādamsone ◽  
Nataļja Gudakovska ◽  
Guna Svence

Growth mindset has become popular in the field of psychology and education all around the world. In the Baltic States this concept is relatively new. This research compiles results of two different studies that, for the first time in the Baltic States, analyse the concept of “implicit theories of intelligence” (ITI) and its factors – growth and fixed mindset, and investigate the relations between ITI and academic achievement of students. Data of two different samples of secondary school adolescents is used. Sample 1 consisted of students (N1=258) aged between 14 and 18, 134 females (M=15.13; SD=1.29) and 124 males (M=15.40; SD=1.20) studying in 7th-12th grade in two Latvian schools. Sample 2 consisted of students (N2=165), 80 females and 85 males, aged between 15 and 19 (M=16.75; SD=.90) studying in 10th-12th grade in five Latvian schools. Measures: The Revised Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale, The Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale for Children, and The College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale. The results of the study in Sample 1 (N1=258) showed significant positive relations between growth mindset and academic achievement, and gender specific difference in views of intelligence. The results of the study in Sample 2 (N2=165) identified positive relations between ITI and students’ achievement in Mathematics. The regression analysis (N2=165) showed that ITI predict academic achievement in Mathematics at a significant level. The findings suggest discrepancies with the previous studies. The construct needs to be explored further. Keywords: academic self-efficacy, academic achievement, gender differences, growth and fixed mindset, intelligence theories, school students.


2017 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivar Bråten ◽  
Andreas Lien ◽  
John Nietfeld

Abstract. In two experiments with Norwegian undergraduates and one experiment with US undergraduates, we examined the potential effects of brief task instructions aligned with incremental and entity views of intelligence on students’ performance on a rational thinking task. The research demonstrated that even brief one-shot task instructions that deliver a mindset about intelligence intervention can be powerful enough to affect students’ performance on such a task. This was only true for Norwegian male students, however. Moreover, it was the task instruction aligned with an entity theory of intelligence that positively affected Norwegian male students’ performance on the rational thinking task, with this unanticipated finding speaking to the context- and culture-specificity of implicit theories of intelligence interventions.


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