Abstract: Academic engagement is a major determinant of students‟ success in their academic pursuit. However most studentsin the world show low engagement in their academic tasks. Most of the reviewed studies on academic engagement were done mainly among university students outside Kenya. The current study aimed at establishing, prediction of academic engagement by intelligence beliefs among form three students in Meru County, Kenya. Characteristics among secondary school students in Meru County, that suggest low academic engagement included: strikes, destruction of school property, absenteeism and school dropout, low transition and completion rates, examination malpractices and academic under achievement. The study used implicit self-theories of intelligence. The research design was convergent parallel mixed methods. The sample was 813 students from 15 public secondary........
Key words: Intelligence beliefs, incremental intelligence beliefs, fixed intelligence beliefs, academic engagement, form three students
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