Anke Heyder|Anne F. Weidinger|Andrei Cimpian|Ricarda Steinmayr
Teachers’ belief that math requires innate ability predicts lower intrinsic motivation among low-achieving students
TU Dortmund University|TU Dortmund University|New York University|TU Dortmund University
many students find math difficult intrinsically motivated learn well even face obstacles examine environmental factor might affect students intrinsic motivation math namely teachers beliefs success math teachers perceive elementary school math domain requires innate ability belief relate students intrinsic motivation math study explored questions sample 830 german fourth graders 56 teachers teachers reported stronger beliefs role innate ability math german language arts addition teachers believed math requires innate ability lower intrinsic motivation lowachieving students results suggest teachers beliefs math success depends innate ability may important obstacle creating classroom atmosphere fosters engagement learning students