The Daily Mail – Eleanor Harding
“It is traditionally seen as the sign of a dedicated student. But according to a new study, staying up all night revising may not be the best way to ace this summer’s GCSEs and A-Levels. Researchers said those with true academic ‘grit’ are actually less likely to deprive themselves of sleep and food than their less resilient peers. Rather than giving the body a hard time, a better measure of determination is to see how well students manage their time and adapt their learning techniques. The study, by the Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty, examined the characteristics and performance of 4,000 UK teenagers. It found that exhibiting ‘grit’, which is more predictive of academic success than IQ, does not necessarily go hand-in-hand with pushing oneself at all costs.”(more)