EVER FAILED, TRY AGAIN, SUCCEED BETTER: RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON GRIT

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Alan, Sule; Boneva, Teodora; Ertac, Seda
• 署名单位: University of Essex; Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University; University of Oxford; Koc University
• 刊物名称: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-5533
• DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjz006
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1121-1162
• 关键词: public-schools evidence; IMPLICIT THEORIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS; time-preferences; personality; achievement; ECONOMICS; outcomes; intelligence; performance

摘要

We show that grit, a skill that has been shown to be highly predictive of achievement, is malleable in childhood and can be fostered in the classroom environment. We evaluate a randomized educational intervention implemented in two independent elementary school samples. Outcomes are measured via a novel incentivized real-effort task and performance in standardized tests. We find that treated students are more likely to exert effort to accumulate task-specific ability and hence more likely to succeed. In a follow up 2.5 years after the intervention, we estimate an effect of about 0.2 standard deviations on a standardized math test.