Browsing by Subject "muuttumaton ajattelutapa"
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(2018)The aim of this study was to examine first grade student’s mindsets about learning and how these mindsets are to be seen in the classroom context. Main research question were: 1. What kind of mindsets related to learning did there emerge? And 2. Was the any differences or connection to the pre tested mindset. This stydy is based on the mindset theory by Dweck (2000), in witch is studied growth mindset and fixed mindset and their affect to person’s behaviour. The theory presumes that growth mindset leads to thinking where human qualities are malleable. Whereas fixed mindset is thought to lead thinking where human qualities and skills are set. In this qualitative case study the aim was to study to student with different mindsets and their behaviour in the classroom. The data of this study included observations, videotaping and stimulated recall interviews. The analyse of the data was done theory based, based on Dweck`s (2000) mindset theory. In the stydy the mindset pre-test is also used. The results suggest that student’s pre tested mindsets influence to the situation and behaviour that is seen in the classroom. In the behaviour of the pre tested student with clearer growth mindset it was seen more growth mindset situations and in the behaviour of with the pre tested fixed mindset sudent, it was seen more situation with fixed mindset interpretation. Student own interpretations from the situations levelled out the difference between students and their mindset behaviour. In both student it was seen both fixed mindset behaviour and growth mindset behaviour. To make more precise conclusions it would need more boarder study and longer observation period and more interviews with the same student.
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(2022)Abstract The theoretical framework for this study comes from Carol Dweck’s (2000, 2006) theory of mindsets. Mindsets impact on core beliefs that individuals hold about the malleability of qualities of the human condition. A person with a growth mindset believes that abilities can be developed. A person a with fixed mindset believes that people have a certain amount of abilities, such as talent and intelligence. Mindsets have an impact on learning results, persistence and goals. Mindset also affects on how person reacts to challenges. Whilst theory of mindsets is internationally known and well researched, there has been less research regarding young children’s mindsets. The aim of this study is to examine what are the school subjects third grade pupils like and which factors influence that. In addition, study aims to examine what factors in learning motivates third grade pupils and how mindsets are presented in pupil’s answers. This study examined third grade students from two primary schools in Helsinki. The data of this study was collected as a part of Kirsi Tirri’s Copernicus research project’s intervention which utilized growth mindset pedagogy. The data of this study was gathered before intervention. The study utilized both qualitative and quantitative methods. The analysis was performed using inductive and deductive content analysis. Statistical methods were used to examine how two factors, gender and school, impact on pupils answers. The results of this study showed that mathematics was clearly the most popular subject, which differs from the previous study. Results suggest that subject-specific motivation was most often affected by a factor inherent in the nature of the subject, such as calculation. Factors behind learning motivation highlighted learning environment, especially it’s social dimensions. Mindsets were one of the factors that affected subject-specific motivation and learning motivation. Most pupils reflected a fixed mindset. Mindsets were presented in many ways. Pupils answers highlighted attitudes towards challenge. The results also implicate that mindset can differ in different subjects.
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(2021)The framework for this study comes from Carol Dweck’s (2000, 2006) theory of mindsets. Dweck has categorized mindsets between two categories: the growth mindset and the fixed mindset. A person with a fixed mindset believes these qualities are stable whereas a person with a growth mindset believes human qualities such as intelligence, skills and personality are malleable. There have been a lot of studies about mindsets, but most of the research examines the mindsets of adolescents and adults. Instead, there has been less research regarding children’s mindset and effect on them through education. This is a case study from the third grade of primary school. The data of this study was collected as a part of the Copernicus research project led by Kirsi Tirri, based on the growth mindset pedagogy. The data consisted of learning diaries completed by the third grade pupils during the teaching period called “I can learn!”. The aim of this study was to find out what things pupils mention as challenging, what kind of mistakes and failures remain in pupils’ minds. In addition, pupils were asked to describe what strategies they use when facing a challenging learning situation and how “I can learn!” -teaching period influenced earlier strategies described. The analysis was done using an inductive content analysis. The results of this study showed that challenges and mistakes mentioned by the pupils were mainly related to exercise and school subjects. In light of the results, it can be concluded that the teaching period was able to influence pupils’ thinking and attitudes towards challenges and failures. The strategies mentioned by the pupils for challenging situations increased and positive, self-talk began to appear in pupils’ responses at the end of the teaching period. We can identify increase in pupils’ growth mindset thinking as a result of I can learn! -teaching period.
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(2017)The framework for this study comes from Carol Dweck's (2000, 2006) findings of two different mindsets: growth mindset and fixed mindset. A person with a growth mindset believes human qualities are malleable and a person with a fixed mindset believes skills and intelligence are set. Although there have been lots of studies about mindsets, most of them are quantitative. The aim of this study is to examine how mindsets are presented in teacher's pedagogical thinking and which mindsets actualize in teaching practices in a first grade classroom. This qualitative case study examined a first grade teacher's, Anne's, mindsets in Helsinki University Viikki Normal School. The teacher was selected based on a mindset survey. The data of this study included a preliminary interview, observation, and videotaping and stimulated recall interviews. The analysis was done using a deductive content analysis. The results suggest that Anne's mindset related to learning in her pedagogical thinking was towards a growth mindset but had features of a fixed mindset. In her pedagogical thinking, a growth mindset appeared as seeing contextual factors as main predictors in students learning and recognizing and supporting students as individuals. A fixed mindset appeared in Anne's pedagogical thinking as seeing students' temperament as one predictor in students' learning. Anne's teaching practices emphasized a growth mindset, but had also features of a fixed and a neutral mindset. A growth mindset became apparent in mastery-oriented atmosphere, fostering learning goals and praising processes. A fixed mindset was present in teaching by avoiding failures and highlighting success. A neutral mindset was identified as non-verbal praising in Anne's teaching practices. As the results propose, Anne's mindset varied between situations. This implicates the need of more precise studies of mindsets and their actualization in authentic environments. Only qualitative research will provide the opportunity to deeply understand how mindsets vary between situations and what is the impact on teaching, studying and learning in the classroom.
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(2022)The aim of this study is to examine parents’ learning-related mindsets and parental praise in two different neighbourhoods. The framework for this study comes from Carol Dweck’s (1999, 2006) mindset theory which proposes that people hold different implicit beliefs about the malleability of human attributes, such as intelligence and giftedness. The characteristic of human nature is the capability to change and grow. A person with a growth mindset believes that qualities are malleable and can be developed over time, but having a fixed mindset, core qualities are perceived as built in and fixed by nature. This research context centres around the findings of increased social segregation and differentiation in education across families, and hence concern about educational equality. Mindsets develop in the environment where people grow up, most notably at school and home. Previous research has established that parents’ implicit beliefs about learning play an essential role in child’s development, and parental praise is a significant vehicle to support the implicit beliefs of children and improve learning. The data of this quantitative case study (N = 693) was collected with a questionnaire during the years 2016–2017 as part of a Copernicus research project. K-means clustering was used to form intelligence and giftedness mindset groups and differences between groups were analysed using Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis -tests. Based on exploratory factor analysis, the different ways of parental praise were compared with Mann-Whitney U tests and linear regression analysis was utilized to identify how given feedback is related to parents’ mindsets. Cronbach alpha was used to evaluate the internal reliability of the sums of variables. The results indicated that there were significant differences between the mindsets that caregivers hold and groups of fixed, growth and mixed mindset were found. Intelligence is perceived as a more malleable trait than giftedness among parents. This study also revealed gender and socioeconomic differences in mindsets. Four ways of parental praise were discovered: neutral, process, person and luck praise. The parents were more likely to adopt neutral and process praise, but differences between schools were also found. Parents’ growth mindset indicates at least partially given process praise and luck praise is explained by fixed mindset. Findings suggest that parents might not know how to actualize their growth mindset in process-focused praise.
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