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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
Changes in Memory Attribute Dominance as a Function of Age
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Freund, Joel S.; Johnson, Judy W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Developmental changes in the relative dominance of three attributes of memory were investigated. (Authors)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Age Differences, Associative Learning, College Students
Aptitude X Treatment Interaction Effects of Teacher Structuring and Student Participation in College Instruction.
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Peterson, Penolope L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
An educational psychology course was taught to four classes of undergraduates according to four treatments that varied in the amount of teacher structuring and student participation. Aptitude, achievement, and attitude measures were administered. Generalized regression analysis indicated significant aptitude-treatment interactions for achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Anxiety
Knowledge of Text Coherence and Expository Writing: A Developmental Study.
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Wright, Raymond E.; Rosenberg, Sheldon – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
A study with 28 fourth graders, 30 eighth graders, and 30 college students demonstrates that the relationship between knowledge of the requirements of a globally coherent essay and the ability to produce such an essay generally remains statistically significant when the effect of grade level is removed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Coherence, College Students, Comparative Analysis