Abstract:Grit is conceptualized as a combination of passion and perseverance. Engineering education researchers are increasingly interested in studying grit as factor in student persistence, retention and success. The number of engineering education publications on grit is steadily rising each year, and there has been enough research on the topic that a systematic literature review was recently conducted. Despite the growing interest however, studying grit is problematic for a variety of methodological and philosophica… Show more
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