The Relationship between Academic Mindset and Academic Performance: A Case of Gedu College of Business Studies, Bhutan

Abstract

Aims: This study attempted to assess how students’ academic mindset influences their academic performance and secondly, whether academic mindset differ across demographic variables like gender. Four academic mindset factors were examined by the researchers. Study Design: A quantitative research design with a descriptive study was used in this study.   Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Bhutan for a period of one year. Methodology: A total of 314 students from Gedu College of Business studies of Bhutan participated in the study using an online structured questionnaire developed by the researchers and shared through Google Forms. Simple random sampling technique was employed to draw the samples from the given population. The results were analyzed and presented using regression analysis and independent T-Test. Results: According to the findings, there is a positive relationship between variables of academic mindset such as self-efficacy and growth mindset with academic performance. Secondly, in terms of gender, there is difference in terms of view on the self-efficacy variable.  Conclusion: The key recommendations of the study is for intervention from academic institutions to help students develop a growth mindset and also improve the self-efficacy of the students to draw better academic results.