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From classroom to community: the impact of mindset, passion, and grit on academic self-efficacy and social entrepreneurship in gifted and non-gifted students

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Intrinsic motivational factors (IMFs) such as growth mindset (GM), passion, grit, and joyous exploration (JE) are key aspects that can play significant roles in the academic success of students. However, it is unclear how IMFs relate to academic self-efficacy (ASE) and social entrepreneurship value (SEV), and there is a lack of evidence demonstrating that gifted students have specific educational needs based on their intrinsic motivation, social drive, and self-efficacy. This study investigated the relationships of GM, passion, grit, and JE with SEV and ASE in gifted and non-gifted students. Quantitative and qualitative studies were conducted to develop a comprehensive understanding of the topic. The structural equation model analysis of students’ responses showed that IMFs were positively correlated with ASE and SEV. However, these correlations were not dependent on giftedness status. These findings will be useful in developing policies that appropriately cater to the learning needs of non-gifted and gifted students.
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Entrepreneurship Education (2024) 7:329–361
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41959-024-00130-9
ORIGINAL PAPER
From classroom tocommunity: theimpact ofmindset,
passion, andgrit onacademic self‑efficacy andsocial
entrepreneurship ingifted andnon‑gifted students
KhoaTran1,2 · NhuNguyen1,3· NhuToNguyen1,4· TranQuan1,5·
TuyetNguyen1,6
Received: 12 June 2024 / Revised: 15 September 2024 / Accepted: 24 September 2024 /
Published online: 4 October 2024
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024
Abstract
Intrinsic motivational factors (IMFs) such as growth mindset (GM), passion, grit,
and joyous exploration (JE) are key aspects that can play significant roles in the
academic success of students. However, it is unclear how IMFs relate to academic
self-efficacy (ASE) and social entrepreneurship value (SEV), and there is a lack of
evidence demonstrating that gifted students have specific educational needs based
on their intrinsic motivation, social drive, and self-efficacy. This study investigated
the relationships of GM, passion, grit, and JE with SEV and ASE in gifted and non-
gifted students. Quantitative and qualitative studies were conducted to develop a
comprehensive understanding of the topic. The structural equation model analysis
of students’ responses showed that IMFs were positively correlated with ASE and
SEV. However, these correlations were not dependent on giftedness status. These
findings will be useful in developing policies that appropriately cater to the learning
needs of non-gifted and gifted students.
Keywords Education policy· Gifted school· Grit· Growth mindset· Social
entrepreneurship value· Academic self-efficacy
Khoa Tran, Nhu Nguyen, To Nhu Nguyen, Tran Quan and Tuyet Nguyen have contributed equally to
this work.
* Tuyet Nguyen
tuyet.nguyen@uni.minerva.edu
1 Youth Lab forSocial Innovation, MiYork Research, HoChiMinhCity, Vietnam
2 Guanghua School ofManagement, Peking University, Beijing, China
3 Department ofNeuroscience, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA
4 Department ofData Science, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA
5 School ofBusiness, Social & Decision Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen, Germany
6 College ofBusiness, Minerva University, SanFrancisco, CA, USA
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