Date of Award
2021
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Awarded
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Program
Education
Department
Education
College
Human Sciences and Education
Faculty Advisor
Wood, Nate
Description
Recent research showed that college-level instructors’ implicit theories about intelligence, or mindset, have a direct impact on student learning outcomes. The current study sought to discover how instructor mindset instantiates in the course syllabus. Through a document analysis and semi-structured interviews, patterns of language choice and cues emerged that aligned with growth or fixed mindset. Connections between these choice patterns and existing literature begin to explain how and why instructor mindset impacts student achievement.
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Casey Todd, "Mindset Matters: An Investigation of How Implicit Theories Manifest in the Syllabus of the College Instructor" (2021). Education. 152.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/education/152
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32662