| Owner: |
Nigel Mantou Lou
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| Owner Email: |
nigellou@uvic.ca
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| Paper Title: |
Growth, Fixed, and Mixed Mindsets: Mindset System Profiles in Foreign Language Learners and Their Role in Engagement and Achievement (Poster 30)
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| Session Title: |
Motivation in Education SIG Poster Session: Motivational Processes and Effects
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| Paper Type: |
Poster Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/26/2022
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| Presentation Location: |
San Diego, California
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| Descriptors: |
Language Comprehension/Development, Motivation
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| Methodology: |
Quantitative
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| Author(s): |
Nigel Mantou Lou, University of Victoria; Kathryn Everhart Chaffee, University of Quebec - Montreal; Kimberly Noels, University of Alberta
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| Unit: |
SIG-Motivation in Education
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| Abstract: |
Language learners’ mindsets are associated with achievement goals, language-use anxiety, reappraisals of challenges, and persistence. We integrated these mindset-related constructs to identify mindset-system profiles among foreign language learners. A latent profile analysis of 234 university students in foreign language courses revealed three distinct profiles. The fixed (21.8%) and growth (20.5%) profiles showed distinct and contrasting patterns of goals, reappraisals, anxiety, and persistence. However, most learners (57.7%) endorsed a mixed profile. Although mindsets alone did not predict grades, students in the growth profile were consistently most engaged and achieved the highest grades, suggesting that mindsets function as a system. This study enhances our understanding of the motivation of learners with mixed mindsets and the complexity and functions of the mindset system.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1881579
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