The Role Of Growth Mindset In Elementary School Children's Performance El papel de la mentalidad de crecimiento en el desempeńo de estudiantes de escuela primaria

GARCÍA CONI, ANA ; SALDI, LUCÍA BELÉN; VILLARRAMOS, CLARA; ANDRÉS, MARÍA LAURA; JURIC, LORENA CANET

Actualidades en Psicologia

Universidad de Costa Rica

Año: 2022 vol. 36 p. 42 - 57

0258-6444

Objective. The aim of the paper was to study the relation between mindset and reading comprehension and arithmetic performance of 247 students aged 9 to 12 years from two schools in Argentina. Method. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire based on a Growth Mindset Scale, and standardized tests of reading comprehension and arithmetic calculation. In addition, school grades provided by teachers and social status data provided by parents/caregivers were used. The design was non-experimental and cross-sectional. Results. Hierarchical regression analyzes showed that the higher the growth mindset, the better the school performance, even when controlling for the effect of social status on these variables. The relation of performance with grades was stronger than with standardized tests.