What Shall We Do About Grit? A Critical Review of What We Know and What We Don
[abstract only; full text not retrieved, 2026-10-20] Credé, M. (2018). 'What Shall We Do About Grit? A Critical Review of What We Know and What We Don't Know.' Educational Researcher, 47(9), 606-611. doi:10.3102/0013189X18801322. His words: 'there appears to be no reason to accept the combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals into a single grit construct, nor is there any support for the claim that grit is a particularly good predictor of success and performance in an educational setting or that grit is likely to be responsive to interventions.' The intervention clause has since been answered by Alan, Boneva and Ertac 2019, and the article notes that.
[abstract only; full text not retrieved, 2026-10-20] Credé, M. (2018). 'What Shall We Do About Grit? A Critical Review of What We Know and What We Don't Know.' Educational Researcher, 47(9), 606-611. doi:10.3102/0013189X18801322. His words: 'there appears to be no reason to accept the combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals into a single grit construct, nor is there any support for the claim that grit is a particularly good predictor of success and performance in an educational setting or that grit is likely to be responsive to interventions.' The intervention clause has since been answered by Alan, Boneva and Ertac 2019, and the article notes that.
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t Know.' Educational Researcher, 47(9), 606-611.