Can Grit Be Taught? Lessons from a Nationwide Field Experiment with Middle-School Students

Can Grit Be Taught? Lessons from a Nationwide Field Experiment with Middle-School Students

This paper studies whether a particular socio-emotional skill —grit (the ability to sustain effort and interest toward long-term goals)—can be cultivated and how this affects student learning. The paper implements, as a randomized controlled trial,...

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Main Authors: Santos, Indhira, Petroska-Beska, Violeta, Carneiro, Pedro, Eskreis-Winkler, Lauren, Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria, Berniell, Ines, Krekel, Christian, Arias, Omar, Duckworth, Angela
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
METACOGNITION
RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/609711635857388920/Can-Grit-Be-Taught-Lessons-from-a-Nationwide-Field-Experiment-with-Middle-School-Students
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36482

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/609711635857388920/Can-Grit-Be-Taught-Lessons-from-a-Nationwide-Field-Experiment-with-Middle-School-Students
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36482

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