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Student Well-Being Opinion Angela Duckworth Explains What Teachers Misunderstand About Grit
What makes people "gritty" isn't just about their ability to persevere. It's much more than that.
Angela Duckworth, September 20, 2023
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Student Well-Being Opinion What Students Should Know About the Power of Practice
If students ask why they should do homework every day, here鈥檚 what you can tell them.
Angela Duckworth, May 17, 2023
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Science Opinion Students Can Thrive in STEM鈥擝ut They Need the Right Push
Nearly 40 years after a teacher made me believe I wasn鈥檛 鈥渃ut out鈥 for STEM, it鈥檚 disheartening to still see the same barriers I faced.
Chris Moore, October 10, 2022
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Student Well-Being Opinion How to Help Students Handle Setbacks
Everyone gets discouraged sometimes. Angela Duckworth explores how educators can help their students figure out what to do next.
Angela Duckworth, October 5, 2022
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Student Well-Being What the Research Says The SEL Skills That May Matter Most for Academic Success: Curiosity and Persistence
Across 11 countries, those two skills tracked most closely with academic success for 10- and 15-year-olds in a first-of-a-kind study.
Sarah D. Sparks, October 29, 2021
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Student Well-Being Opinion A Writing Exercise That Helps Students Build Resilience
When kids write about their successes, they also think about all they had to overcome鈥攚hich helps both confidence and capability.
Brady K. Jones, June 9, 2021
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Student Well-Being Opinion What Students Need Before Perseverance
Grit isn't just perseverance; it's also about having a passion for what you do. And for young people, says psychologist Angela Duckworth, passion should come first.
Angela Duckworth, May 18, 2020
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Student Well-Being Opinion 'Grit Is in Our DNA': Why Teaching Grit Is Inherently Anti-Black
The popular trend of teaching grit is actually the education equivalent of "The Hunger Games," argues Bettina L. Love.
Bettina L. Love, February 12, 2019
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Education Opinion Race, Grit, Unlearning, and Systems Change: A Dozen Favorites From the Past Five Years
Jal Mehta highlights a dozen of his "greatest hits," some of his most significant blog posts from the past five years.
Jal Mehta, January 7, 2019
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Teaching Profession Opinion What's Missing When We Talk About Grit
Simply praising the value of perseverance has little effect if teachers don鈥檛 take the time to learn every student鈥檚 story, writes former teacher Luke Reynolds.
Luke Reynolds, October 23, 2018
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Student Well-Being Opinion How Schools Can Help Students Who Don't Graduate on Time
One principal's reflections on the role of 'transfer schools' in supporting persisting students and the importance of research to inform this work.
Urban Education Contributor, August 23, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Persisting Students' Pathways and Experiences Through High School
Research looks at New York City high school students who don't graduate in four years, but remain enrolled.
Urban Education Contributor, August 20, 2018
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Student Well-Being 'When Are We Going to Use This?' Strategies to Help Students Find Relevance in School Work
A researcher who studies student motivation has developed strategies for helping students find personal relevance of classroom work. That's key to helping them stay engaged, he says.
Evie Blad, January 17, 2018
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Student Well-Being Students Make a Prosthetic Leg for a Duck, Showing the Value of Purpose in Learning
Arkansas middle school students persisted through months of challenges in designing a 3D-printed prosthetic foot for a duck. Researchers say a sense of purpose, like helping an animal, can help engage students in the classroom.
Evie Blad, January 5, 2018
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