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Saying isn't necessarily believing: influencing self-theories in computing

Saying isn't necessarily believing: influencing self-theories in computing

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Fitzgerald, Sue Hanks, Brian Murphy, Laurie Thomas, Lynda Simon, Beth McCauley, Renée Zander, Carol
Abstract	Jane sees 50 compiler errors as a challenge. John sees them as defeat. Psychology research suggests these contrasting reactions may stem from students' self-theories, or their beliefs about themselves. Jane's reaction is characteristic of a growth mindset, the idea that with hard work and persistence, one's intelligence can increase. John's behavior is in line with a fixed mindset, the belief that individuals are born with a certain amount of intelligence and there is little they can do to change it. Numerous studies of self-theories have shown that students with a growth mindset perform better in academic settings; they cope more effectively with challenges, maintain higher grades, and are less susceptible to stereotype threat. In this study we attempted a "saying is believing" intervention to encourage CS1 students to adopt a growth mindset both in general and towards programming. Despite notable success of this type of intervention in a non-CS context, our results offered few statistically significant differences both from pre-survey to post-survey and between control and intervention groups. Further, the statistically significant results we did find differed in direction between institutions (some students exhibited more growth response, others less). We analyzed further evidence to explore possible confounding issues including whether our intervention even registered with students and how students interpreted the questions which we used to assess their self-theories.
Starting Page	173
Ending Page	184
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781605582160
DOI	10.1145/1404520.1404537
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2008-09-06
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Cs1 Cs0 Likert Novice programmers Self-theories Debugging Programming Attitudinal Growth mindset Dweck
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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