Implicit theories of intelligence across academic domains: A study of meaning making in adolescents of Mexican descent

Implicit theories of intelligence across academic domains: A study of meaning making in adolescents of Mexican descent

Research on beliefs about intelligence used questionnaires to characterize students as viewing intelligence as either a malleable quality of a fixed trait. In our study, regardless of the belief they endorsed, all students spoke about intelligence as malleable in subsequent interviews.

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Veröffentlicht in:New directions for child and adolescent development 2002, Vol.2002 (96), p.87-100
Hauptverfasser: Quihuis, Gisell, Bempechat, Janine, Jimenez, Norma V., Boulay, Beth A.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Achievement
Achievement Need
Adolescent
Adolescents
Context Effect
Cultural Influences
Culture
Female
Hispanic American Students
Humans
Implicit Theories
Intelligence
Interviews
Interviews as Topic
Male
Mexican Americans
Mexico - ethnology
Motivation
Questionnaires
Research Methodology
Student Attitudes
Surveys and Questionnaires
Theories
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Research on beliefs about intelligence used questionnaires to characterize students as viewing intelligence as either a malleable quality of a fixed trait. In our study, regardless of the belief they endorsed, all students spoke about intelligence as malleable in subsequent interviews.
ISSN:1520-3247
1534-8687
DOI:10.1002/cd.45