Implicit theories of intelligence predict achievement across an adolescent transition: a longitudinal study and an intervention - PubMed (original) (raw)
Implicit theories of intelligence predict achievement across an adolescent transition: a longitudinal study and an intervention
Lisa S Blackwell et al. Child Dev. 2007 Jan-Feb.
Abstract
Two studies explored the role of implicit theories of intelligence in adolescents' mathematics achievement. In Study 1 with 373 7th graders, the belief that intelligence is malleable (incremental theory) predicted an upward trajectory in grades over the two years of junior high school, while a belief that intelligence is fixed (entity theory) predicted a flat trajectory. A mediational model including learning goals, positive beliefs about effort, and causal attributions and strategies was tested. In Study 2, an intervention teaching an incremental theory to 7th graders (N=48) promoted positive change in classroom motivation, compared with a control group (N=43). Simultaneously, students in the control group displayed a continuing downward trajectory in grades, while this decline was reversed for students in the experimental group.
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