Predictive thinking: The relationship between academic performance and growth mindset in teenagers

In interactions with the learning environment, prior academic experiences are considered to be important factors in shaping teenagers’ growth mindset. Most existing studies focus on the role of subjective evaluations of learners based on their academic performance by others (such as praise), while neglecting the potential impact of objective academic performance itself on growth mindset. Study 1 used a questionnaire approach to conduct a longitudinal study involving 3,571 teenagers during their fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. The results showed that prior academic performance had a stable positive predictive effect on subsequent growth mindset development. Moreover, the predictive power of prior academic performance over growth mindset was even stronger…