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The Moderating Effect of Grit on the Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Creativity

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Seo E. H., Lee H.

The New Educational Review

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2023

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vol. 71

129-139

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This study aims to examine the relationship among critical thinking, grit, and creativity, which will be core competencies in a future society, and to verify the moderating effect of grit as an individual psychological factor between the two variables. For this purpose, a Likert survey is conducted on undergraduate students in a Korean university; and 129 responses are used. The result shows that, first, critical thinking and grit have significant influences on creativity. Second, the moderating effect of grit on the relationship between critical thinking and creativity is significant. The finding indicates that the higher the grit, the higher the positive relationship between critical thinking and creativity. This result implies that to increase the creativity of college students, an education that increases both critical thinking and grit is necessary.

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Should grit be our educational goal? The relationship between grit and the mental well-being of youth in North-Eastern Poland

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Kolemba M., Bajkowski T.

Edukacja Międzykulturowa

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2022

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vol. 19

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issue 4

153-163

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The article presents the relationship between the grit factor and the mental well-being of young people recruited from high school students in Podlaskie Voivodeship (n = 275). The study was conducted using the Short Grit Scale (SGS) by A.L. Duckworth, the Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWBS) by C. Ryff and the Cantril’s Ladder of Life Scale. The obtained results indicate significant positive relationships of grit with the current assessment of the quality of life and mental well-being in each of the six dimensions measured with C. Ryff’s PWBS tool (autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance). Since grit is a construct showing positive relationships with well-being and quality of life and a modifiable one – it can be shaped at an early stage of development – it should be considered as an important element when drawing future educational plans.

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The Importance of the Grit Factor for the Functioning and Coping of Schoolchildren during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Kolemba M.

Kultura i Edukacja

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2021

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issue 2(132)

131-143

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The article presents the results of research carried out during the first wave of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research covered students of high schools - 275 students of schools from Białystok and Bielsk Podlaski, ages 16-19. The goal of the study was to investigate the relationship of the grit factor with the functioning of young people in a specific situation - remote learning, combined with additional, burdensome limitations in the public space. The sphere of learning and physical activity were the main areas of functioning that were researched in the study. The study used an original, author’s questionnaire to measure the functioning of young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides this scale, also used were the Duckworth Short Grit Scale (SGS) (Polish adaptation by Wyszyńska et al., 2017) and the Cantril mental well-being scale (Cantril, 1965). The study displayed positive relationships between grit and the amount of time devoted to learning in remote mode, with regularity in maintaining the rhythm of the day (getting up at a similar time, taking up physical activity) and mental well-being.

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Dietary proclivities of Paranthropus robustus from Swartkrans, South Africa

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L’Engle Williams F.

Anthropological Review

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2015

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vol. 78

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issue 1

1-19

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Pleistocene Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans have yielded stable isotope values suggesting some foraging on C4 plants possibly including underground storage organs. Dental microwear texture analysis on P. robustus (SK 6, SK 34 and SK 47) from Swartkrans Member 1 is performed to examine whether tooth surface damage from mastication agrees with prior dietary inferences from carbon isotopes. There is considerable variation in textural characteristics among the P. robustus specimens. Specifically, adult SK 34 stands apart from the two subadult specimens, SK 6 and SK 47, suggesting life history could be reflected in patterns of dental microwear texture characteristics, although seasonality and availability of fallback foods may also explain the variation observed in P. robustus. The fossils all exhibit elevated surface texture complexity, resembling the values for Lophocebus albigena and Cebus apella, and to a lesser extent, Pan troglodytes. Paranthropus robustus is dissimilar to primary folivores, such as Trachypithecus cristatus or folivore- frugivores such as Alouatta palliata suggesting leaves comprised very little of its diet. The textural fill volume of P. robustus differs from that observed in extant primates from tropical forests indicating extreme durophagy, perhaps a function of differences in habitat. Ingestion of extraneous grit on the underground parts of plants and from terrestrial resources, perhaps as fallback foods or as dietary staples, may account for these enamel textural properties and may help explain the mixed C3/C4 isotopic signal in P. robustus.

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Beneficial Effects of Growth Mindset of Intelligence and Growth Mindset of Personality on Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children

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Fox C., Barrera M.

Konteksty Pedagogiczne

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2020

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vol. 2

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issue 15

25-40

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Liczne badania naukowe ujawniły korzyści płynące z przyjęcia nastawienia na rozwój inteligencji dla uczniów w każdym wieku. Jednak niewiele badań przeprowadzonych do tej pory dotyczyło korzyści wynikających z nastawienia na rozwój osobowości lub wytrwałości w nauce. Dlatego też niniejsze studium koncentruje się na zbadaniu związku między wytrwałością, teoriami pośrednimi i osobowością, w kontekście ich wpływu na wyniki w nauce uczniów klas od piątej do ósmej. Badanie zakładało, że relatywnie większa wytrwałość i nastawienie na rozwój przełoży się na sukces naukowy. Uczniowie badani byli za pomocą kwestionariuszy dotyczących wytrwałości, nastawienia na rozwój inteligencji i nastawienia na rozwój osobowości; następnie poddano analizie ich oceny kwartalne i ustandaryzowane wyniki w nauce z takich przedmiotów jak angielski, czytanie, język, matematyka i przedmioty ścisłe. Badanie wskazuje na korzystny wpływ, jaki nastawienie na rozwój inteligencji i nastawienie na rozwój osobowości miało na wyniki z języka angielskiego i czytania. Co więcej, nastawienie na rozwój inteligencji przełożyło się na znacznie wyższe wyniki z matematyki. Wytrwałość nie miała wpływu na wyniki w nauce. Poniższe badanie wskazuje na to, że instytucje edukacyjne skorzystałyby z promowania nastawienia na rozwój inteligencji i osobowości u swoich uczniów.

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Multiple research studies revealed the benefits of adopting a growth mindset of intelligence for students of all ages. However, few studies have investigated the advantage of having a growth mindset of personality or having grit on academic performance. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of grit and implicit theories of intelligence and personality on academic performance in fifth through eighth-grade students. Our hypothesis is that a relatively higher level of grit as well as a growth mindset would result in better academic success. Students were tested in their respective classrooms using questionnaires for grit, mindset of intelligence and mindset of personality. Quarter grades and standardized scores were obtained for all students on topics such as English, reading, language, math and science. Growth mindset of intelligence and growth mindset of personality provided a selective advantage academically to students on classroom grades and on standardized testing, particularly in verbal areas such as English, reading and language. Furthermore, mindset of intelligence predicted significant change in standardized math scores. Grit did not affect academic performance. Our results suggest that educational institutions would benefit from mindset interventions promoting a growth mindset of intelligence and personality in students.

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Znaczenie determinacji w nauce języka angielskiego jako obcego na poziomie zaawansowanym

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Pawlak M., Zawodniak J., Kruk M.

Neofilolog

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2021

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issue 56/1

9-22

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Second language acquisition (SLA) researchers have long been engaged in investigating the effect of a range of learner individual differences (IDs) (e.g., motivation, anxiety and aptitude) on L2 learning and achievement. At the same time, there are no more than a few studies focusing on learner personality and its place in SLA as well as the relationship between personality traits and other ID variables. One such underappreciated and thus poorly recognized personality trait is grit, understood as a combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The present paper reports a study in which grit was investigated among advanced university students majoring in English with the help of a language-specific grit scale and semistructured interviews. The empirical considerations are preceded by a handful of theoretical comments on the nature of grit and related research that was conducted to date. The paper ends with the discussion of future research directions and possible pedagogical implications.

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Škála vytrvalosti: analýza psychometrických vlastností české verze pro dospělé

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Kropáčová S., Slezáčková A., Jarden A.

E-psychologie (E-psychology)

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2018

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vol. 12

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issue 2

27-40

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The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties of Czech adaptation of 8-item Short Grit Scale based on item analysis, internal consistency, content and convergent validity. The sample of 338 respondents included 209 (61.8 %) female and 129 (38.2 %) male participants between 15 and 76 years of age (M = 28.39; sd = 10.5). The results suggest satisfactory reliability and validity. Comparative analyses of demographic factors (age and gender) revealed a significant positive relationship between age and grit. The results are compared with the psychometric properties of the original scale and related studies. The Czech version of Grit-S is attached.

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Cílem této studie je ověřit psychometrické vlastnosti české adaptace zkrácené osmipoložkové Škály vytrvalosti (Grit-S) na základě analýzy položek, reliability ve smyslu vnitřní konzistence, obsahové a souběžné validity. Výzkumný soubor čítal 338 respondentů, z nichž bylo 209 (61,8 %) ženského a 129 (38,2 %) mužského pohlaví ve věkovém rozpětí 15-76 let (M = 28,39; sd = 10,5). Výsledky svědčí o uspokojivé reliabilitě i validitě škály. Zároveň byl nalezen signifikantní pozitivní vztah skóru této škály s věkem. Výsledky jsou konfrontovány s psychometrickými vlastnostmi originální škály a diskutovány ve světle zahraničních výsledků. Česká adaptace Grit-S je součástí tohoto příspěvku.

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