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Destin, Mesmin; Hanselman, Paul; Buontempo, Jenny; Tipton, Elizabeth; Yeager, David S. – AERA Open, 2019
Students from higher-socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds show a persistent advantage in academic outcomes over lower-SES students. It is possible that students' beliefs about academic ability, or mindsets, play some role in contributing to these disparities. Data from a recent nationally representative sample of ninth-grade students in U.S.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Socioeconomic Status, Grade 9, High School Students