An Analysis of Mindset Strategies in Economics Courses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v25i1.7558Keywords:
higher education, fixed mindset theory, growth mindset theoryAbstract
This paper examines the fixed and growth mindset theories using students from a U.S. university's economics courses. We utilized two groups for this study: one group served as the control and received no growth mindset interventions. In contrast, the other group was subjected to growth mindset interventions. We did not find a significant difference in success rates between the two groups. This finding is inconsistent with previous studies that primarily involved K-12 students as participants. Our results suggest that as individuals gradually enter adulthood, they are more likely to hold fixed mindsets rather than growth mindsets.
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