Factors+in+Success

=Factors in Success= This is an expanded page to the discussion on grit. Besides IQ or intellectual ability, what are the factors affecting academic (and other) success for students? From notes on page - various ideas:
 * motivation
 * study skills
 * effort
 * quality of instruction
 * time on task spent learning
 * self-esteem

From Kevin McGrew's site: McGrew, K. S. (2007). //Beyond IQ: A Model of Academic Competence and Motivation// (Institute for Applied Psychometrics). Retrieved Started on November 29, 2009, from [].

Wang, Haertel, and Walberg (1997)  Social-emotional influences (strongest variables): > > > > > > > >  Student learning characteristics (i.e., **social, behavioral, motivational, affective, cognitive, and metacognitive**) as the set of variables with the most potential for modification that could, in turn, significantly and positively effect student outcomes.
 * 1)  Classroom management (staff meetings, principal/staff observations, staff discussions, 1 on 1 meetings, professional development)
 * 1)  Parental support (newsletters, 1 on 1 meetings, parent-teacher conferences, Web site, assembly)
 * 1)  Student-teacher interactions (see item #1)
 * 1)  Social-behavioral attributes (ELC probably big factor with parental support. Dean/Discipline, Monday Mountain)
 * 1)  Motivational-effective attributes (see item #4)
 * 1)  The peer group (school culture, classroom culture, discussions with students, student training, staff modeling)
 * 1)  School culture (assembly, walls/cleanliness/working things, principal as spokesperson)
 * 1)  Classroom climate (walls, teacher personality/leadership, student personalities, class meetings, principal/staff observations)