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Original paper

“It's ok — Not everyone can be good at math”: Instructors with an entity theory comfort (and demotivate) students

Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Pages: 731 - 737
Published: Dec 29, 2011
Abstract
Can comforting struggling students demotivate them and potentially decrease the pool of students pursuing math-related subjects? In Studies 1–3, instructors holding an entity (fixed) theory of math intelligence more readily judged students to have low ability than those holding an incremental (malleable) theory. Studies 2–3 further revealed that those holding an entity (versus incremental) theory were more likely to both comfort students for low...
Paper Details
Title
“It's ok — Not everyone can be good at math”: Instructors with an entity theory comfort (and demotivate) students
Published Date
Dec 29, 2011
Volume
48
Issue
3
Pages
731 - 737
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