The effectiveness of attributive retraining on intelligence beliefs and academic achievement in high school failed students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Faculty member of Payame Noor university

2 M.Sc of Islamic Azad university in Senman branch

3 M. se of nursing, Islamic Azad University, Semnan branch, Member of young Researchers club, Semnan

4 M.Sc of Persian language and literature Semnan university

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of
Attributive Retraining on intelligence beliefs and academic achievement. To
do so, 28 girls of first grade high school who have failed at least at one
course in school year of 2012-2013 were selected through simple random
sampling and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups.
Experimental group received 10-sessions Attributive Retraining
Intervention, while the control group received no intervention. All
participants answered the Intelligence Beliefs Questionnaire before and after
intervention. Mean of students' failed scores and mean score of the same
courses at Shahrivar were considered as pre-test and post-test scores of
academic achievement. Data analysis showed that mean of academic
achievement, incremental intelligence beliefs and effort beliefs scores of
students in experimental group were significantly higher than control group.
No significant difference has been found between experimental and control
groups in entity beliefs, but paired sample T-test showed that in
experimental group mean of pre-test scores significantly differ from mean
of post-test scores. In control group, this comparison wasn’t significant.

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