Strategies to Improve Academic Achievement in Secondary School Students: Perspectives on Grit and Mindset

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.

A Structural Relationship among Growth Mindset, Academic Grit, and Academic Burnout as Perceived by Korean High School Students

“…Fourth, teachers can present students with celebrities or legends as models such as NBA superstar Michael Jordan or Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, whose passionate and persistent practice toward achieving their goals contributed to their great success. To this end, teachers can show or recommend books, movies, YouTube clips, and other media sources (Polirstok 2017). Also, drawing examples to celebrities who have achieved outstanding success with persistence and effort, teachers can introduce their peers or graduates who have recently attained high academic achievements by overcoming a recent learning dip or slump and can use them as peer mentors in their classroom by collaborating with the students (Dweck, Walton, and Cohen 2014).…”

Peran Kegigihan Dalam Hubungan Growth Mindset Dan School Well-Being Siswa Sekolah Menengah

“…Dengan banyaknya waktu yang dihabiskan siswa di sekolah, sekolah dapat menjadi institusi strategis pencetak generasi muda yang berkualitas. Selain melalui peningkatan kemampuan kognitif, juga melalui kemampuan non-kognitif siswa, seperti kegigihan dan growth mindset (Polirstok, 2017). Dengan demikian, sekolah ikut andil menjembatani peningkatan kualitas sumber daya manusia dan kehidupan masyarakat secara luas.…”

Measuring Grit in Adolescents With and Without Disabilities

“…Furthermore, Grit is an important character trait identified in education, business, and industry (Duckworth & Gross, 2014; Duckworth, Quinn, & Seligman, 2009; Polirstok, 2017; Shih & Margoongroge, 2017). Specifically, prior research findings show a positive relationship between Grit and job performance (Ion, Mindu, & Gorbanescu, 2017) and innovation (Mooradian, Matzler, Uzelac, & Bauer, 2016).…”