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Student Mindset Compared To Performance On The Nebraska State Accountability Test, Ann E. Dvorak
Student Mindset Compared To Performance On The Nebraska State Accountability Test, Ann E. Dvorak
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Scholarship
Carol Dweck’s research on fixed vs. growth mindset has led to many opportunities for educational research. According to Dweck, a person with a fixed mindset believes that his or her qualities related to a certain task are unchangeable while an individual with a growth mindset believes that his or her qualities related to a certain task can be changed and improved (Dweck, 2006). A correlative study was conducted to identify relationships that exist between student mindset and scores from the Nebraska State Accountability Test (NeSA). For this study, students in the 7th, 8th, and 11th …