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An Incremental Mindset Intervention Increases Effort during Programming Activities but Not Performance
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Celis Rangel, Jakeline G.; King, Melissa; Muldner, Kasia – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2020
Learning to program requires perseverance, practice, and the mindset that programming skills are improved through these activities (i.e., that everyone has the potential to become good at programming). In contrast to an entity mindset, individuals with an incremental mindset believe that ability is malleable and can be improved with effort. Prior…
Descriptors: Intervention, Cognitive Structures, Programming, Learning Activities