Teachers' implicit beliefs about (mathematical) intelligence

Children's Implicit Beliefs About Intelligence

Young children are commonly perceived as highly optimistic and confident, and therefore seldom arouse concern as to how they are impacted by academic failure. However, there is evidence to suggest that young children can indeed be negatively affected by failure experiences. Implicit theories of intelligence can provide individuals with a framework by which to perceive failure, though little is ...

Implicit Beliefs of Future Teachers about General Ability

Teachers’ Mathematical Beliefs: A Review

Boris Handal 47 Boris Handal has taught and lectured in schools and universities in Australia, Latin America and Asia. He has written extensively on academic issues in academic journals in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Latin America, and South East Asia. Boris obtained his Bachelors of Education from the Higher Pedagogical Institute of Peru, a Masters of Education from Edith Cow...

Teachers' beliefs about learning from multimedia

Opinions about the psychological correlates of multimedia computer-supported instructional tools were analyzed by means of a questionnaire concerning the motivational and emotional aspects of multimedia learning, the strategies to be followed during the learning process, the mental abilities and the style of thinking required, the cognitive benefits and outcomes. The questionnaire was distribut...

Teachers' attitudes and beliefs about homosexuality.

Schools play a key role in transmitting attitudes towards sexual diversity. Many studies stress the importance of teachers' and other professionals' attitudes towards gay men and/or lesbian women. This study evaluates attitudes and prejudices toward homosexuality in a sample of 254 elementary and high school teachers in Barcelona and its surrounding area. The results obtained using a scale of o...