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Growth Mindset And Agency In The Preschool Classroom, Isaac Rowan Coppock
Growth Mindset And Agency In The Preschool Classroom, Isaac Rowan Coppock
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
Mindsets, or how we as individuals characterize intelligence and our ability to attain it, are deeply connected to motivation. Those who employ a fixed mindset view intelligence as set and effort as fruitless. Conversely, those who utilize a growth mindset have healthy attitudes about challenges and view effort as a necessary part of learning. For educators working with children, finding ways to encourage growth over fixed mindsets is incredibly indicative of the future academic success individual children might experience. This study explores the foundations of mindset attainment through a teacher’s ability to affect individual preschool-aged (three to five years) children’s …
Congruency Between Spoken Language And Guidance Beliefs In Early Childhood Programs, Jennifer Mager
Congruency Between Spoken Language And Guidance Beliefs In Early Childhood Programs, Jennifer Mager
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
The language in a child’s environment either supports or weakens the growth of conflict resolution skills. A study using the language sampled from three early childhood educators, (two in family childcare homes and one in a childcare center) found that those in family child care programs reported stronger beliefs that children can solve problems, teachers support the development of problem solving skills, and conflict can create opportunities for learning than was recorded in practice. This was determined with a frequency count of unilateral strategies employed during perceived conflict. The third participant in a childcare center demonstrated congruency between questionnaire-reported positive …