Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D Student of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Sciences and ‎Research Branch

2 Assistant Professor EducationPsychology, Islamic Azad University, Sciences and ‎Research Branch,

3 Professor in Education Psychology,Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research ‎Branch, Iran.‎

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of mothers’ training program based onDweck’s theory of mindset about intelligence on learning behaviors of 4-6 years old children.Research method was semi-experiment with pretest-posttest and statistical population was the mothers of 4-6 years old children in Isfahan city. Among them, 50 mothers were selected using volunteer sampling, and then randomly assigned to two groups of experiment and control (each group 25 people). Parental training program based onDweck’s theory of mindset about intelligence was presented to experimental group in eight sessions. Research instrument was preschool learning behaviors scale (McDermott et al, 2002) and data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Results revealed that training of Dweck’s theory mindset about intelligence have significant effect on competence motivation and total of learning behaviors (p<0.05), but have not significant effect on attention/persistence and attitude toward learning of 4-6 years old children (p>0.05).

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