Measuring mastery behaviours at scale: The persistence, effort, resilience, and challengeseeking (PERC) task

Tenelle Porter; Diego Catalán Molina; Lisa Blackwell; Sylvia Roberts; Abigail Quirk; Angela L. Duckworth; Kali Trzesniewski

doi:10.18608/jla.2020.71.2

Measuring mastery behaviours at scale: The persistence, effort, resilience, and challengeseeking (PERC) task

Tenelle Porter
, Diego Catalán Molina
, Lisa Blackwell
, Sylvia Roberts
, Abigail Quirk
, Angela L. Duckworth
, Kali Trzesniewski

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Mastery behaviours — seeking out challenging tasks and continuing to work on them despite difficulties — are integral to achievement but difficult to measure with precision. The current study reports on the development and validation of the computer-based persistence, effort, resilience, and challenge-seeking (PERC) task in two demographically diverse samples of adolescents (total N = 3,188). We present evidence for convergent validity with self-reported mastery behaviours and learning mindsets, discriminant validity from theoretically unrelated constructs, and incremental predictive validity for grade point average (GPA). Results suggest that the PERC task may be a useful tool for assessing mastery behaviours at scale.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5-18
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Learning Analytics
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2020.71.2
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Computer Science Applications

Access to Document

10.18608/jla.2020.71.2

Cite this

@article{0faa40565c42469aa17fac8107c74ea0,

title = "Measuring mastery behaviours at scale: The persistence, effort, resilience, and challengeseeking (PERC) task",

abstract = "Mastery behaviours {\textemdash} seeking out challenging tasks and continuing to work on them despite difficulties {\textemdash} are integral to achievement but difficult to measure with precision. The current study reports on the development and validation of the computer-based persistence, effort, resilience, and challenge-seeking (PERC) task in two demographically diverse samples of adolescents (total N = 3,188). We present evidence for convergent validity with self-reported mastery behaviours and learning mindsets, discriminant validity from theoretically unrelated constructs, and incremental predictive validity for grade point average (GPA). Results suggest that the PERC task may be a useful tool for assessing mastery behaviours at scale.",

author = "Tenelle Porter and Molina, \{Diego Catal{\'a}n\} and Lisa Blackwell and Sylvia Roberts and Abigail Quirk and Duckworth, \{Angela L.\} and Kali Trzesniewski",

year = "2020",

doi = "10.18608/jla.2020.71.2",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "7",

pages = "5--18",

journal = "Journal of Learning Analytics",

issn = "1929-7750",

publisher = "UTS ePRESS",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measuring mastery behaviours at scale

T2 - The persistence, effort, resilience, and challengeseeking (PERC) task

AU - Porter, Tenelle

AU - Molina, Diego Catalán

AU - Blackwell, Lisa

AU - Roberts, Sylvia

AU - Quirk, Abigail

AU - Duckworth, Angela L.

AU - Trzesniewski, Kali

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Mastery behaviours — seeking out challenging tasks and continuing to work on them despite difficulties — are integral to achievement but difficult to measure with precision. The current study reports on the development and validation of the computer-based persistence, effort, resilience, and challenge-seeking (PERC) task in two demographically diverse samples of adolescents (total N = 3,188). We present evidence for convergent validity with self-reported mastery behaviours and learning mindsets, discriminant validity from theoretically unrelated constructs, and incremental predictive validity for grade point average (GPA). Results suggest that the PERC task may be a useful tool for assessing mastery behaviours at scale.

AB - Mastery behaviours — seeking out challenging tasks and continuing to work on them despite difficulties — are integral to achievement but difficult to measure with precision. The current study reports on the development and validation of the computer-based persistence, effort, resilience, and challenge-seeking (PERC) task in two demographically diverse samples of adolescents (total N = 3,188). We present evidence for convergent validity with self-reported mastery behaviours and learning mindsets, discriminant validity from theoretically unrelated constructs, and incremental predictive validity for grade point average (GPA). Results suggest that the PERC task may be a useful tool for assessing mastery behaviours at scale.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85083063707

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85083063707#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.18608/jla.2020.71.2

DO - 10.18608/jla.2020.71.2

M3 - Article

SN - 1929-7750

VL - 7

SP - 5

EP - 18

JO - Journal of Learning Analytics

JF - Journal of Learning Analytics

IS - 1

ER -

Measuring mastery behaviours at scale: The persistence, effort, resilience, and challengeseeking (PERC) task

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this