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Grit: The Long and Short of It
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Morell, Monica; Yang, Ji Seung; Gladstone, Jessica R.; Turci Faust, Lara; Ponnock, Annette R.; Lim, Hyo Jin; Wigfield, Allan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
"Grit" is defined as passion and perseverance for achieving long-term goals and consists of two proposed subcomponents: consistency of interests and perseverance of effort. It has become a much-discussed construct even though research on its underlying factor structure has produced inconclusive results. Furthermore, grit as measured by…
Descriptors: Persistence, Goal Orientation, Factor Structure, Predictive Validity
How Students Create Motivationally Supportive Learning Environments for Themselves: The Concept of Agentic Engagement
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Reeve, Johnmarshall – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
The present study introduced "agentic engagement" as a newly proposed student-initiated pathway to greater achievement and greater motivational support. Study 1 developed the brief, construct-congruent, and psychometrically strong Agentic Engagement Scale. Study 2 provided evidence for the scale's construct and predictive validity, as…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Home Environment, Self-Concept, and Academic Achievement: A Causal Modeling Approach.
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Song, In-Sub; Hattie, John – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the relation between home environment, self-concept, and academic achievement. It was found and cross-validated over four samples of 2,297 Korean adolescents that self-concept is a mediating variable between home environment and academic achievement. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Family Environment, Family Influence