Speaker
Malte Diederich
Description
Mindsets can have a great impact on learning and play a particularly important role when facing challenges such as transition from school to university. In two questionnaire surveys at the start and two months into the semester, the mindset of university first-years in several STEM subjects was measured with domain general and newly developed domain specific scales. The relation with the “mindset meaning system” (negative effort beliefs, performance avoidance goals, learning goals, helpless response), academic self-concept and intention to change major or drop out is used to discuss scale validity and the role of mindset during students’ first academic semester.
| How would you like to present your contribution? | Live in Ljubljana (time slot to be allotted based on the programme) |
|---|---|
| Target education level (primary) | University education |
Author
Malte Diederich
Co-author
Verena Spatz
(TU Darmstadt)