Academic Mindsets and Behaviors, Prior Achievement, and the Transition to Middle School. REL 2022-123

Autor/inn/en	Snipes, Jason; Jacobson, Alexander
Institution	National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) (ED/IES); Regional Educational Laboratory West (ED/IES); WestEd
Titel	Academic Mindsets and Behaviors, Prior Achievement, and the Transition to Middle School. REL 2022-123
Quelle	(2021), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Grade 5; Grade 6; Cognitive Structures; Student Behavior; Academic Achievement; Fear; Grade Point Average; Probability; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; English Language Learners; Nevada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Schulleistung; Furcht; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Middle school is an important crossroad in a student's academic journey. As students enter middle school, their academic achievement and engagement frequently declines. This is true particularly for Black and Latinx students. Poor middle school grades are often a harbinger of poor performance in high school and beyond. In particular, having a grade point average (GPA) below 2.0 is a strong signal of continuing negative academic outcomes. Previous research has found that academic outcomes around the transition to middle school are related to, and might even be driven by, academic mindsets, including growth mindsets (such as beliefs about the malleability of academic ability and the payoff to effort) and performance avoidance (fears of failure and the desire to avoid academic effort), and resulting academic behaviors (such as completing homework). This study examined the relationship between 2016/17 grade 5 student responses to a Clark County School District (Nevada) survey on levels of academic mindsets and behaviors and the predicted probability of earning a low GPA (below 2.0) at the end of the first semester of grade 6 (the first year of middle school) in 2017/18. Grade 5 students who reported high levels of growth mindset and academic behavior and low levels of performance avoidance had a lower predicted probability of having a GPA below 2.0 in the first semester of grade 6. Once student scores on grade 5 state standardized math and English language arts achievement exams were accounted for, levels of academic mindsets and behaviors among grade 5 students with scores at or above the district median did not predict meaningful differences in the probability of having a GPA below 2.0 in the first semester of grade 6. However, among grade 5 students with prior academic achievement below the district median, students who reported high levels of growth mindset and academic behaviors and low levels of performance avoidance had a lower predicted probability of having a GPA below 2.0 in the first semester of grade 6, even after differences in individual grade 5 prior academic achievement were accounted for. These patterns were essentially the same for all racial/ethnic groups as well as for both English learner students and non-English learner students. [For the appendixes, see ED615454. For the Study Snapshot, see ED615455.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Regional Educational Laboratory West. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-245-6940; Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/west/index.asp
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Update	2024/1/01