Behavioral grit measured from pre-pandemic platform effort responses to setbacks predicts platform scores in math and science, especially after Covid commenced¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? After Covid commenced, one standard deviation of behavioral grit is associated with roughly 15 points higher math and science platform scores (p < 0.01), controlling for baseline diagnostic scores. → Chen 2024 q2 i? Before Covid, behavioral grit is significantly associated with math scores (4.6 points per SD, p < 0.05) but not strongly with pre-Covid science scores. → Chen 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Chen 2024¶

Chen, D. L., Ertac, S., Evgeniou, T., Miao, X., Nadaf, A., & Yilmaz, E. (2024). Grit and academic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00265-3

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OLS regressions in Table 2 (post-Covid math and science scores, N = 1621 and 1421) show behavioral grit coefficients of 15.4 (math) and 15.2 (science), significant at p < 0.01, controlling for gender, diagnostic score, and class-school dummies.

"After Covid commenced, grit is associated with both math and science test scores (p < 0.01) at a substantial 15 points in both subjects."

Chen 2024 (2)¶

Chen, D. L., Ertac, S., Evgeniou, T., Miao, X., Nadaf, A., & Yilmaz, E. (2024). Grit and academic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00265-3

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OLS regressions in Table 2 on pre-Covid scores show a behavioral grit coefficient of 4.6 (SE 2.17) for math, significant at p < 0.05, while the pre-Covid science coefficient (2.0) is not significant. The authors note grit's stronger association with math is expected.

"One standard deviation of beha- vioral grit is associated with 4.6 points higher math scores prior to covid relative to an average of roughly 50, which is equivalent to 50% relative to the mean, and the association is significant (p < 0.05). For science, grit is not strongly associated with test scores prior to Covid."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Personality Traits — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Behavioral grit, but not survey grit, predicts academic resilience: grittier students register smaller score declines during the pandemic — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• The survey grit measure has limited predictive power over platform performance in this sample and does not predict pandemic-era performance declines — related
• The COVID-19 switch to remote schooling was accompanied by significant declines in math and science scores on a UAE digital learning platform — related
• Machine learning on pre-pandemic platform click data explains up to 77% of the variance in academic resilience — related