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

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dc.contributor.authorPetroska-Beska, Violeta
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Indhira
dc.contributor.authorCarneiro, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorEskreis-Winkler, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorMunoz Boudet, Ana Maria
dc.contributor.authorBerniell, Ines
dc.contributor.authorKrekel, Christian
dc.contributor.authorArias, Omar
dc.contributor.authorDuckworth, Angela
dc.contributor.authorArias, Omar
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-04T16:57:41Z
dc.date.available2021-11-04T16:57:41Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractThis 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, a nationwide low-cost intervention designed to foster grit and self-regulation among sixth and seventh grade students in primary schools in North Macedonia (about 33,000 students across 350 schools). Students exposed to the intervention report improvements in self-regulation, in particular the perseverance-of-effort facet of grit, relative to students in a control condition. The impacts on students are larger when both students and teachers are exposed to the curriculum than when only students are treated. Among disadvantaged students, the study also finds positive impacts on grade point averages, with gains of up to 28 percent of a standard deviation one year post-treatment. However, the findings also point toward a potential downside: although the intervention made students more perseverant and industrious, there is some evidence that it may have reduced consistency in their interests over time.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/609711635857388920/Can-Grit-Be-Taught-Lessons-from-a-Nationwide-Field-Experiment-with-Middle-School-Students
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9831
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36482
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9831
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
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dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectDISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subjectMETACOGNITION
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS
dc.titleCan Grit Be Taught? Lessons from a Nationwide Field Experiment with Middle-School Studentsen
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okr.crossref.titleCan Grit be Taught? Lessons from a Nationwide Field Experiment with Middle-School Students
okr.date.disclosure2021-11-02
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:22:12.935986Z
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/609711635857388920/Can-Grit-Be-Taught-Lessons-from-a-Nationwide-Field-Experiment-with-Middle-School-Students
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countryNorth Macedonia
okr.topicEducation::Education Violence and Social Cohesion
okr.topicEducation::Education and Society
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicEducation::Secondary Education
okr.unitPoverty and Equity; Social Protection and Jobs; and Education Global Practices
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