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Peer reviewedQuihuis, Gisell; Bempechat, Janine; Jimenez, Norma V.; Boulay, Beth A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2002
Used quantitative and qualitative methodologies to examine the implicit theories of intelligence of low-income adolescents of Mexican descent and the meanings they attached to these theories in four academic domains. Found that even students who were designated as entity theorists (intelligence as a fixed trait) on the basis of questionnaire…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Context Effect, Cultural Influences
