Growth Mindset Among Kindergarten Students

Abstract

The current research aims to investigate:

1. Growth Mindset Among student in the Kindergarten Department
2. The significance of differences in growth mindset among student in the Kindergarten Department according to the variable of academic level.

To achieve the objectives of the  research, the researcher selected the Sample population from the student in the Kindergarten Department at the College of Basic Education, Al-Mustansiriya University. A growth mindset scale was prepared consisting of 26 items. After evaluating the psychometric properties of validity and reliability, the final version of the scale was developed and applied to the main of sample of 160 students. After statistically processing the data, the researcher concluded the following: _ student in the Kindergarten Department are characterized by a growth mindset. There are differences in the developmental mindset between first- and fourth-grade students, in favor of the fourth-grade students, while no differences were found between the other grades

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