Positive predictors of teacher effectiveness

By Angela L. Duckworth, P. Quinn, Martin E. P. Seligman. 2009

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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Whistle While You Work (2012, background): “Finally, Duckworth, Quinn, and Seligman (2009) studied teachers from the Teach for America program and showed that teachers with higher life satisfaction ended up outperforming their peers as measured with improvement in student success measures.”
When the going gets tough: Grit predicts costly perseverance (2015, unknown): “…Bee) and graduating from school, as well as performing well at work and remaining employed (Duckworth, Kirby, Tsukayama, Berstein, & Ericsson, 2011; Duckworth, Quinn, & Seligman, 2009; Duckworth et al., 2007; Eskreis-winkler, Duckworth, Shulman, & Beal, 2014; Robertson-Kraft & Duckworth, 2014).”
Teacher wellbeing: Its effects on teaching practice and student learning (2019, unknown): “A good example is Duckworth, Quinn and Seligman (2009) who examined the influence of teacher wellbeing as measured by grit, life satisfaction and optimism in novice teachers at the start of the school year against their students’ academic gains at the end of the year.”
Perseverance Counts but Consistency Does Not! Validating the Short Grit Scale in a Collectivist Setting (2016, background): “2014), effectiveness in teaching (Duckworth et al. 2009), fewer career shifts (Duckworth et al.”
Grit, Basic Needs Satisfaction, and Subjective Well-Being (2017, background): “Also, grittier individuals tended to make attributions in more optimistic ways (Duckworth et al., 2009).”
Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction (2011, background): “Motor skill learners and sport performers actively seek information from internal and external sources to adjust movements based on the movement goal or problem to be solved within rapidly changing environments of differing complexity.”
Positive affectivity predicts successful and unsuccessful adaptation to stress (2013, background): “For example, positive affect was found to have a direct effect on psychological functioning (Nelson and Knight 2010), physiological health (Fredrickson and Levenson 1998), and effectiveness of novice teachers in disadvantaged schools (Duckworth et al. 2009).”
Grit and Different Aspects of Well-Being: Direct and Indirect Relationships via Sense of Coherence and Authenticity (2016, background): “2007) and teachers (Duckworth et al. 2009).”
The grit effect: predicting retention in the military, the workplace, school and marriage (2013, background): “Grit predicts teacher effectiveness (Duckworth et al., 2009; Robertson-Kraft and Duckworth, in press), academic performance at elite universities (Duckworth et al., 2007), and final rank in the National Spelling Bee (Duckworth et al., 2007, 2011).”