Children's theories of intelligence: Beliefs, goals, and motivation in the elementary years

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-311

  Kinlaw, C Ryan ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Concept development; Entity beliefs; Incremental beliefs; Intelligence beliefs; Motivation; Theories of intelligence

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; APTITUDE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GOALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548239103     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.134.3.295-312     Document Type: Article

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