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For English-Learners, Seeing Peers 'Struggle and Persist' Is Beneficial
How quickly English-language learners pick up the language may depend more on the climate in their classroom than on individual grit, new research finds.
The research, published in School Psychology Quarterly, questions the effects of grit, one's perseverance towards goals, among younger students, specifically first-and second-generation English-learners.
Led by Colleen O'Neal, an assistant professor in the University of Maryland's College of Education, the study found that the grit of a student's peers was twice as influential as individual grit in predicting literacy growth over a four-month period.
Student data was collected at three times over four months.
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