Mindset in Context: Developing New Methodologies to Study Mindset in Interview Data

Little, Angela; Sawtelle, Vashti; Humphrey, Bridget

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Mindset in Context: Developing New Methodologies to Study Mindset in Interview Data

written by Angela Little, Vashti Sawtelle, and Bridget Humphrey

Mindset is a well-studied area of the psychology literature with a straightforward proposition: if you believe it's possible to grow your intelligence, you are more likely to improve in school. The proposed mechanism behind this link is that students with growth mindset exhibit "mastery-oriented behaviors" in response to challenges, such as embracing hard work and strategizing how to improve. Mindset is typically studied through large-N survey measures with context-general Likert scale items measuring beliefs about the nature of talent and intelligence. We argue that such context-general survey measures are limited in application, particularly in the context of introductory college STEM courses. We describe a novel mindset coding scheme for interview data and apply it to a set of exploratory interviews toward examining how mindset may exhibit some context-dependence.

Physics Education Research Conference 2016
Part of the PER Conference series
Sacramento, CA: July 20-21, 2016
Pages 204-207

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Little, A, V. Sawtelle, and B. Humphrey. "Mindset in Context: Developing New Methodologies to Study Mindset in Interview Data." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA, July 20-21, 2016. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14229&DocID=4583 (accessed 12 May 2024).

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Little, Angela, Vashti Sawtelle, and Bridget Humphrey. "Mindset in Context: Developing New Methodologies to Study Mindset in Interview Data." Physics Education Research Conference 2016. Sacramento, CA: 2016. 204-207 of PER Conference. 12 May 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14229&DocID=4583>.

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