Blackwell, Trzesniewski, and Dweck (2007, Study 2) conducted an eight-session intervention in which the experimental group learned an incremental theory of intelligence (the idea that intelligence can be developed) in two sessions along with six sessions of study skills.
Dweck's scale has indicated that incremental beliefs about intelligence (e.g., "I believe I can always substantially improve on my intelligence").
Components extracted were named as follows: incremental theory of intelligence (ITI, with 31.7% variance), dislike of word problems (DLW, with 9.2%), arithmetic speed (AS, with 8.2%), entity theory of intelligence (ETI, with 6.6%), effort avoidance (EA, with 5.0%), and time persistence (TP, with 4.7%).
Finally, we observed a trend between incremental theories of intelligence (ITI) and all three technological acceptance measures with all ps <.11, with an average r of.29.
The EA (reverse coded) may indicate a math-specific form of incremental theory of intelligence that helped certain students be more persistent.
For the ALEKS last assessment, most interesting in these results were the correlations with EA, which was composed of 4 negatively weighted MPSB items for items such as "Working can improve one's ability in mathematics" and similar items that correspond to a domain (math) specific form of incremental theory of intelligence (like the ITI factor, but for math).
Then there are those who subscribe to an "incremental theory," believing that intelligence is something you continuously build and shape over time.
Through the new approach it will be possible to systematically generate comprehensive project plans by cultivating and enacting the logic and intelligence of incremental and collaborative planning strategies.
Creative potential was the strongest predictor of creative achievement, but intelligence explained incremental variance over and above creative potential.
Situational judgment tests (SJTs) have been shown to display incremental validity over and above intelligence and personality traits when it comes to predict job performance.
