Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence
Educators shape the learning experiences of students in the classroom. Their views on intelligence influence the beliefs students have about their own abilities to learn. Astin (2016) cautioned, "The faculty culture regards smartness in an almost reverential fashion" (p. 4). Research on ac...
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| author | Lisa Melanie Rubin Emily A Dringenberg Jessica J Lane Andrew J Wefald |
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| description | Educators shape the learning experiences of students in the classroom. Their views on intelligence influence the beliefs students have about their own abilities to learn. Astin (2016) cautioned, "The faculty culture regards smartness in an almost reverential fashion" (p. 4). Research on academic mindsets has focused mainly on secondary education (e.g., Dweck, 2016; Yeager & Dweck, 2012). There is a gap in the literature about educator views about intelligence in higher education. The purpose of this study was to measure the beliefs that faculty from various academic disciplines hold about the nature of their own intelligence and the intelligence of their students. Faculty at one land grant institution participated in an eight-term Mindset survey. Position was the only statistically significant demographic factor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d8874c46fab47a2be389e6ab8e0e2502022-12-21T19:07:35ZengIndiana University Office of Scholarly PublishingJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1527-93162019-02-0119410.14434/josotl.v19i4.24158Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of IntelligenceLisa Melanie Rubin0Emily A Dringenberg1Jessica J Lane2Andrew J Wefald3Kansas State UniversityOhio State UniversityKansas State UniversityKansas State UniversityEducators shape the learning experiences of students in the classroom. Their views on intelligence influence the beliefs students have about their own abilities to learn. Astin (2016) cautioned, "The faculty culture regards smartness in an almost reverential fashion" (p. 4). Research on academic mindsets has focused mainly on secondary education (e.g., Dweck, 2016; Yeager & Dweck, 2012). There is a gap in the literature about educator views about intelligence in higher education. The purpose of this study was to measure the beliefs that faculty from various academic disciplines hold about the nature of their own intelligence and the intelligence of their students. Faculty at one land grant institution participated in an eight-term Mindset survey. Position was the only statistically significant demographic factor.https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/24158Mindset TheoryFaculty BeliefsHigher Education |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Melanie Rubin Emily A Dringenberg Jessica J Lane Andrew J Wefald Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Mindset Theory Faculty Beliefs Higher Education |
| title | Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence |
| title_full | Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence |
| title_fullStr | Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence |
| title_short | Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence |
| title_sort | faculty beliefs about the nature of intelligence |
| topic | Mindset Theory Faculty Beliefs Higher Education |
| url | https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/24158 |
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