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Mindset Theory and School Psychology
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Kapasi, Aamena; Pei, Jacqueline – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2022
Mindset theory is an achievement motivation theory that centers on the concept of the malleability of abilities. According to mindset theory, students tend to have either a growth mindset or a fixed mindset about their intelligence; students with a growth mindset tend to believe that intelligence is malleable, whereas students with fixed mindsets…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Childrens Attitudes
Examining How Social Networks Influence Women and Under-Represented Minority Students' Pursuit of Engineering in University: When, Who, and How?
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Wao, Hesborn; Kersaint, Gladis; Smith, Chrystal A. S.; Campbell-Montalvo, Rebecca; Puccia, Ellen; Skvoretz, John; Martin, Julie P.; Lee, Reginald; MacDonald, George – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: Women and under-represented minority (URM) students continue to be under-represented in STEM and earn the lowest proportion of undergraduate engineering degrees. We employed a mixed methods research approach grounded in social capital theory to investigate "when" they first consider pursuing engineering as a college degree…
Descriptors: Females, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Engineering Education