THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM

Authors

  • Doris Bennett
  • Cynthia McCarty
  • Shawn Carter

Keywords:

grit, financial stress, academic performance

Abstract

A student’s perseverance and dedication to successfully completing their goals for academic success are studied to determine if grit may be a measurable qualifying factor used to predict a positive student outcome. This analysis examines how student grit in undergraduate economics courses, along with other control variables, contributes to student success, as measured by their average grade earned in the course. Our results indicate that grit has a statistically significant positive impact on student performance in the classroom.

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Published

2020-12-03

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2020): Journal for Economic Educators

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Copyright (c) 2020 Doris Bennett, Cynthia McCarty, Shawn Carter

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