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A Growth Mindset Message Leads Parents to Choose More Challenging Learning Activities

Prior research has shown that the home learning environment (HLE) is critical in the development of spatial skills and that various parental beliefs influence the HLE. However, a comprehensive analysis of the impact of different parental beliefs on the spatial HLE remains lacking, leaving unanswered...

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Autores principales: Tian, Jing, Bennett-Pierre, Grace, Tavassolie, Nadia, Newcombe, Nora S., Weinraub, Marsha, Hindman, Annemarie H., Newton, Kristie J., Gunderson, Elizabeth A.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10607904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37888425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11100193
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author Tian, Jing
Bennett-Pierre, Grace
Tavassolie, Nadia
Newcombe, Nora S.
Weinraub, Marsha
Hindman, Annemarie H.
Newton, Kristie J.
Gunderson, Elizabeth A.
author_facet Tian, Jing
Bennett-Pierre, Grace
Tavassolie, Nadia
Newcombe, Nora S.
Weinraub, Marsha
Hindman, Annemarie H.
Newton, Kristie J.
Gunderson, Elizabeth A.
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description Prior research has shown that the home learning environment (HLE) is critical in the development of spatial skills and that various parental beliefs influence the HLE. However, a comprehensive analysis of the impact of different parental beliefs on the spatial HLE remains lacking, leaving unanswered questions about which specific parental beliefs are most influential and whether inducing a growth mindset can enhance the spatial HLE. To address these gaps, we conducted an online study with parents of 3- to 5-year-olds. We found that parents’ growth mindset about their children’s ability strongly predicted the spatial HLE after controlling for parents’ motivational beliefs about their children, beliefs about their own ability, children’s age, children’s gender, and family SES. Further, reading an article about growth mindset led parents to choose more challenging spatial learning activities for their children. These findings highlight the critical role of parents’ growth mindset in the spatial HLE. Crucially, these findings demonstrate that general growth mindset messages without specific suggestions for parental practices can influence parental behavior intentions. Further, these effects were also observed in the control domain of literacy, underscoring the broad relevance of the growth mindset in the HLE.
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spelling pubmed-106079042023-10-28 A Growth Mindset Message Leads Parents to Choose More Challenging Learning Activities Tian, Jing Bennett-Pierre, Grace Tavassolie, Nadia Newcombe, Nora S. Weinraub, Marsha Hindman, Annemarie H. Newton, Kristie J. Gunderson, Elizabeth A. J Intell Article Prior research has shown that the home learning environment (HLE) is critical in the development of spatial skills and that various parental beliefs influence the HLE. However, a comprehensive analysis of the impact of different parental beliefs on the spatial HLE remains lacking, leaving unanswered questions about which specific parental beliefs are most influential and whether inducing a growth mindset can enhance the spatial HLE. To address these gaps, we conducted an online study with parents of 3- to 5-year-olds. We found that parents’ growth mindset about their children’s ability strongly predicted the spatial HLE after controlling for parents’ motivational beliefs about their children, beliefs about their own ability, children’s age, children’s gender, and family SES. Further, reading an article about growth mindset led parents to choose more challenging spatial learning activities for their children. These findings highlight the critical role of parents’ growth mindset in the spatial HLE. Crucially, these findings demonstrate that general growth mindset messages without specific suggestions for parental practices can influence parental behavior intentions. Further, these effects were also observed in the control domain of literacy, underscoring the broad relevance of the growth mindset in the HLE. MDPI 2023-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10607904/ /pubmed/37888425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11100193 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gunderson, Elizabeth A.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10607904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37888425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11100193
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