Academic grit has a significant positive effect on primary students' math achievement¶

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q2 i3 Academic grit significantly and positively predicts math achievement in primary school students, with a moderate to high effect size. → Kaya 2022

Evidence¶

Kaya 2022¶

Kaya, S., & Karakoc, D. (2022). Math Mindsets and Academic Grit: How Are They Related to Primary Math Achievement?. European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 10(3), 298-309. https://doi.org/10.30935/scimath/11881

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Cross-sectional SEM with 225 4th-grade students in Istanbul; the article reports the grit-to-achievement path as "significant and positive (β=0.662; p<0.01)" with a moderate to high effect size.

"The effect of academic grit on math achievement was also signific ant and positive (β=0.662; p<0.01) with a moderate to high effect size."

Discussion¶

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