The Validation of the Student Homework Mindset Scale

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Abstract

This research validated the Student Homework Mindset Scale (SHMS) using data from 724 Grades 7 and 8 students. The participants were randomly assigned to two groups: one for conducting exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and the other for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Results supported a two-factor structure – Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset – both demonstrating excellent reliability. Latent mean invariance was established across gender and grade level. Consistent with hypotheses, Growth Mindset was positively associated with homework effort, completion, and mathematics achievement, and negatively associated with homework distraction and procrastination. Conversely, Fixed Mindset showed the opposite pattern of associations. These findings provide strong support for the SHMS as a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing students’ homework mindset.

Authors

• Jianzhong Xu, Mississippi State University

• Ruiping Yuan, Mississippi State University

• Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Daina Zhu, Mississippi State University

• Ha Thi Viet Nguyen, Ton Duc Thang University