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The Influence of Students' Intelligence Beliefs On Attention, Information Processing, and Learning: A Neurophysiological Analysis

NCER

Program: Education Research Grants

Program topic(s): Cognition and Student Learning

Award amount: $737,205

Principal investigator: Jennifer Mangels

Awardee:

Columbia University

Year: 2002

Award period: 4 years 6 months (01/01/2003 - 06/30/2007)

Project type:

Exploration

Award number: R305H020031

Purpose

The researchers proposed to use electrophysiological techniques to examine (a) how students with different beliefs about intelligence attend to and process information in difficult learning tasks and (b) whether modifying these beliefs supports learning despite task difficulty and stereotypes about intelligence.

People and institutions involved

IES program contact(s)

Elizabeth Albro

Commissioner of Education Research

NCER

Project contributors

Carol Dweck

Co-principal investigator

Products and publications

Publications:

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Journal article, monograph, or newsletter

Mangels, J.A., Butterfield, B., Lamb, J., Good, C.D., and Dweck, C.S. (2006). Why Do Beliefs About Intelligence Influence Learning Success? A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Model. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 1(2): 75-86.

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The Influence of Students' Intelligence Beliefs On Attention, Information Processing, and Learning: A Neurophysiological Analysis

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