In a search for tools to support students change towards growth mindsets, interventions were implemented by 17 teachers and their 512 in 21 classes 10 different secondary schools. The consisted of classroom material explaining the theory neuroplasticity mindset students, specific teaching methods, student activities. Data collected through questionnaire interviews with teachers, lesson observat...

According to the mindset theory of action phases (i.e., MAP), goal pursuit can be divided into four successive but distinct action phases, each posing its unique demands and challenges to the individual. Overcoming these challenges is facilitated by the activation of a certain mindset (i.e., a set of activated cognitive procedures), each having its unique features. Mindset theory of action phas...

The primary recommendation of the 2010 President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology report on K-12 education was to inspire more students so that they are motivated to study science. Scientists' visits to classrooms are intended to inspire learners and increase their interest in science, but verifications of this impact are largely qualitative. Our primary goal was to evaluate the ...

0022-1031/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.012 E-mail address: [email protected] The human tendency to draw boundaries is pervasive. The ‘moral circle’ is the boundary drawn around those entities in the world deemed worthy of moral consideration. Three studies demonstrate that the size of the moral circle is influenced by a decision framing effect: the incl...

Recent research has identified a number of factors that can influence performance on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) when it is used in clinical or research settings. The current studies examine the effects of construal level theory (CLT) on the IGT. Study 1 suggests that when primed with a high construal mindset (i.e., thinking abstractly vs. concretely), individuals learned to avoid Deck A more ...

This article describes 3 studies that explore the role of mindsets in the context of stress. In Study 1, we present data supporting the reliability and validity of an 8-item instrument, the Stress Mindset Measure (SMM), designed to assess the extent to which an individual believes that the effects of stress are either enhancing or debilitating. In Study 2, we demonstrate that stress mindsets ca...

Article history: Received 24 March 2013 Accepted 25 March 2013 Available online xxxx This paper investigates the effects of partnership quality, talent management and global mindset on the performance of offshore service providers (OSPs) in the information technology sector in India. The findings show that partnership quality has partial and strong mediation effects on the impact of talentmanag...

Westerners tend to judge themselves positively unless their failure relative to others is obvious, in which case they tend to distance themselves from outperforming others. Whether this tendency to self-enhance in social-comparison situations is universal or culture-bound is hotly debated. Rather than construe selfenhancement as either universal or culture-bound, we propose that its effects dep...

Software architecture and software architecture practices become increasingly important for information systems since they enable reasoning on the design of the system. The concept of architectural knowledge, i.e. architectural design decisions and the resulting design, plays a pivotal role in architecture. In order to get the most out of architectural knowledge, we need insight into the ways i...

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