Strategies to improve academic achievement in secondary school students: Perspectives on grit and mindset

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2017

Abstract

This article examines the academic performance of secondary school students from the perspectives of grit and mindset through a detailed review of the literature. What makes a learner resilient? Persistent? Willing to take on academic challenges? The research on grit and mindset provides an understanding of why many secondary students struggle academically. Whereas Duckworth discusses persistence and resilience, Dweck compares fixed versus growth mindsets, the willingness to take on academic challenges and belief in oneself as a learner. Teaching strategies and materials that can help students increase persistence and build a growth mindset are presented as keys to successfully affecting academic performance.

Publication Title

SAGE Open

DOI

10.1177/2158244017745111

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