Author : Miguel Gerardo Mendoza Vargas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Relationship Between Grit and Academic Success Among First Generation Students of Color by : Miguel Gerardo Mendoza Vargas
Download or read book Relationship Between Grit and Academic Success Among First Generation Students of Color written by Miguel Gerardo Mendoza Vargas and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated the relationship between four sub-scales scores of the Grit Scale and academic success measured by the end of first-year college grade point average among first generation college students of color to determine whether this relationship is relevant for enhancing the university's admissions process. The Grit Scale is a self-assessment instrument that measures the noncognitive personality trait of grit and includes four sub-scales -Grit Overall (GO), Perseverance of Effort (PE), Consistency of Interest (CI), and Ambition. A convenience sample of 217 first-year college students at a small private Midwestern university participated in this study. Alongside the Grit Scale score, the other independent variables of this study are high school grade point average score and the American College Testing composite score (ACT). The dependent variable is the end of first-year college grade point average (CGPA). Pearson's and Spearman's correlation analyses were utilized to test the research hypotheses. The findings indicate that high school grade point average is strongly correlate with CGPA for both groups of students, ACT is strongly correlated with CGPA for first-generation students of color and moderately correlated among traditional students, and none of the Grit Scale subscales show correlation with CGPA except Ambition that correlated moderately with CGPA of first-generation students of color.