フィンランドにおける言語マインドセットの検証:高等教育の学生の言語学習マインドセットに関する研究
Matthew Billington1, Sonja Laine1, Kirsi Tirri1
1Department of Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Frontiers in psychology
|August 29, 2025
まとめ
この研究は,フィンランドにおける言語マインドセット・インベントリー (LMI) を検証し,言語マインドセットは,一般的な知性信念よりも成長指向的であることを発見しました. LMIのサブスケールは別々のもので,組み合わせるべきではありません.
科学分野:
- 教育心理学
- 第二言語の習得
- マインドセット理論
背景:
- マインドセットの研究は,外国語/第二言語 (L2) の習得を含む学習領域に拡大しました.
- ヨーロッパの言語マインドセットを調査した研究はほとんどなく,LMIは北米やアジア以外では検証されていない.
- この研究は,欧州の文脈でL2マインドセットの研究と,機器の検証の必要性を扱っています.
研究 の 目的:
- 言語マインドセット・インベントリ (LMI) をフィンランドの高等教育環境で検証する.
- 確認と階層的な因数分析を使用してLMIのコンストラクート有効性を評価する.
- 学生の語学マインドセットの方向性 (固定型と成長型) と,知性や才能に関する信念との関係を調べる.
主な方法:
- 南フィンランドでL2課程の大学生300人以上をLMIで指導した.
- 構造の妥当性を評価するために確認因数分析 (CFA) と階層的因数分析 (HFA) を採用した.
- 言語マインドセットの指向と,一般的な知能の信念との相関関係を決定するために,LMIデータを分析した.
主要な成果:
- LMIの3つのサブスケール (一般的な言語,L2,年齢に敏感な信念) は,固定 (実体) と成長 (漸進的) のマインドセットによって層分かれています.
- 一般的な知性や才能に比べて 生徒は成長志向の言語マインドセットを示しました
- 言語マインドセットは,エンティティ (固定) 項目より,インクリメンタルLMI項目で測定された場合,より成長志向でした.
結論:
- LMIは,フィンランド高等教育の言語マインドセットを評価するための有効なツールです.
- LMIサブスケールのスコアは,測定するコンストラクタの特異的な性質のために結合されるべきではありません.
- エントリティーとインクリメンタルマインドセットの項目がマインドセットの強さに関して異なる結果を生む理由を理解するためにさらなる研究が必要です.
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