| Owner: |
Amanda Neuber
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| Owner Email: |
aneuber@temple.edu
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| Paper Title: |
The Meaning of Being Smart: An Identity Study of First-Year Honors College Students
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| Session Title: |
Motivational Trajectories Across Adolescence: Studies of Change and Development During High School and College
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| Paper Type: |
Paper
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| Presentation Date: |
4/21/2020
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| Presentation Location: |
Online
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| Descriptors: |
Higher Education, Identity, Motivation
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| Methodology: |
Qualitative
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| Author(s): |
Amanda Neuber, Temple University; Avi Kaplan, Temple University
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| Unit: |
SIG-Motivation in Education
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| Abstract: |
The current study investigated the meaning of being labeled smart as part of the identity development of honors students in the first year of college. Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of life story interviews with 24 students followed a combined deductive and inductive analysis framed by the Dynamic Systems Model of Role Identity (DSMRI). Findings demonstrate the similar and unique ways by which students’ different meanings of smartness has been incorporated into each of their identity systems within the particular educational context, its interplay with peer relationships, and its complex psychosocial implications. The findings can inform researchers, educators, parents, and students themselves about the important role of educational contexts in meaning-making and identity formation processes.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1582326
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