Motivation, study habits -- not IQ -- determine growth in math achievement

Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 10:30 in Psychology & Sociology

It's not how smart students are but how motivated they are and how they study that determines their growth in math achievement. That's the main finding of a study that looks at six annual waves of data from a German longitudinal study assessing math ability in 3,520 students in grades five to 10. Students who felt competent; were intrinsically motivated; and avoided rote learning showed more growth in math achievement than those who didn't.

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