Proceedings of the 2nd UPY International Conference on Education and Social Science (UPINCESS 2023)

Growth Mindset in Mathematics in Junior High School: A Reflection on Students’ Mathematics Learning Activities in a Science Specialization Class

Authors
Abdul Aziz Saefudin1, 2, *, Ariyadi Wijaya1, Siti Irene Astuti Dwiningrum1
1Doctoral Programme, Graduate School, Yogyakarta State University, Jl. Colombo No 1. Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
2Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta Jl. PGRI I, No. 117 Bantul, Yogyakarta, 55182, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: abdul69pasca.2019@student.uny.ac.id
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Abdul Aziz Saefudin
Available Online 31 December 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-176-0_24How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Growth Mindset in Mathematics; Mathematics Learning Activities; Science Specialization Class
Abstract

The growth mindset in mathematics is one of the important elements in learning mathematics. With these psychological aspects, students have beliefs that their mathematical intelligence can be developed through an active and diligent mathematics learning process, not being afraid when facing difficulties, not feeling satisfied with praise, and making positive inspiration for the academic achievements of other friends. This article presents the results of an exploration of the growth mindset in mathematics of students in private junior high schools who take science specialization classes. A total of 78 students participated in this study. All students were given a growth mindset scale in mathematics and analyzed quantitatively descriptively. The results of this study indicate that most students have a mixed math mindset, namely a fixed mindset with a little growth mindset (Fixed-Growth (FG)) of 56.41% or a growth mindset with a little fixed mindset (Growth-Fixed (GF)) of 39.74%. Meanwhile, students with a strong growth mindset (Growth-Growth (GG)) have a very small percentage of 3.85%. In terms of gender, male and female students are more dominant in the fixed mindset (Fixed-Growth (FG)) with a little growth mindset (male (55.88%) and female (56.82%)). Therefore, further research needs to be carried out to foster a growth mindset in mathematics learning activities through pedagogical interventions in these science specialization classes.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd UPY International Conference on Education and Social Science (UPINCESS 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 December 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-176-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-176-0_24How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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