APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Implicit Theories of Math Ability: You Cannot be an Incremental Theorist and an Entity Theorist at the Same Time
- Li Lin
University of Oklahoma - Lori Snyder
University of Oklahoma - Taehun Lee
Chung-Ang University - XiaoLan Liao
University of Oklahoma - William Taylor
The Human Resources Research Organization
Abstract
We investigated the dimensionality of implicit theories of math ability (ITMA) measure. Our analyses showed that the best-fit was offered by a bifactor model with a specific factor accounting for the covariation among negatively worded items over and above the general factor. This result suggests the ITMA is essentially unidimensional.
Psychometrics
