Guiding People to Interpret Their Experienced Difficulty as Importance Highlights Their Academic Possibilities and Improves Their Academic Performance

Guiding People to Interpret Their Experienced Difficulty as Importance Highlights Their Academic Possibilities and Improves Their Academic Performance

Does experiencing difficulty bolster or undermine future self-images, strategies to get there and actual performance? We build on four insights from prior research to predict that accessible interpretation-of-experienced-difficulty mindset shapes identity and performance. First, people have two diff...

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Main Authors: Daphna Oyserman, Kristen Elmore, Sheida Novin, Oliver Fisher, George C. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
self and identity
possible self
motivation
academic achievement
interpretation of experienced difficulty
metacognition
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00781/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00781/full

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