Tag
non_cognitive_skills
3 findings
Behaviour & psychologyAdult Non-Cognitive Personality Trait MalleabilitySoft skills training produced a statistically significant increase in extraversion of 0.164 standard deviations (p < 0.05) in the experimental sample, as well as a 0.20 standard deviation increase in extraversion and grit (p < 0.05) in the propensity score-matched sample, with zero impact on placebo cognitive tests (arithmetic and digit span recall).RCTEconomics (general)Childhood Non-Cognitive Skill MalleabilityTreatment led to a 0.375 standard deviation increase in belief in skill malleability in Sample A (p < 0.01) and a 0.360 standard deviation increase in Sample B (p < 0.01), accompanied by a 0.300 to 0.368 standard deviation increase in self-reported perseverance.RCTEducationClassroom Grit CurriculumTreated students scored 0.28 standard deviations higher in standardized math tests (p = 0.008) and 0.13 standard deviations higher in standardized Turkish tests (p = 0.027) at follow-up, while self-reported belief in skill malleability and perseverance both increased by approximately 0.30 standard deviations (p < 0.01).RCT