parents.tvo How can we tell if a child will be successful in life? Are high grades an indicator? Or are there other factors that lead to your child’s success? Paul Tough thinks so. Tough is the author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character. He was the keynote speaker at this year’s 2014 People for Education conference. Tough says that in the past couple of decades we’ve been defining success for children far too narrowly, focusing on their short-term tests scores of cognitive skills such as math and literacy. “Those skills certainly matter,” says Tough, “but what scientists are discovering now is that the kind of skills that lead to long-term success in children, that lead them to be happy, successful motivated adults, involve a much broader set of skills.” What are these broader skills? Building Grit in Your Child Tough cites the work of University of Pennsylvania researcher and psychologist Angela Duckworth. Curious Kids Want to hear more from Paul Tough?
Instilling Perseverance in Children by Leah Davies, M.Ed. By Leah Davies, M.Ed. Perseverance means having the self-discipline to continue a task in spite of being confronted with difficulties. Albert Einstein said, “It’s not that I'm so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” The following are classroom activities that promote perseverance: 1. 2. 3. Have them answer the following questions in their report: How did he or she show perseverance? 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. What was the most important thing that you learned from your mother or father? Ways Educators Can Encourage Perseverance in Students 1. Since perseverance is a necessary ingredient for student achievement, it needs to be encouraged. inShare Used by permission of the author, Leah Davies, and selected from the Kelly Bear website [www.kellybear.com], 8/05. Click Below for More.
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Jonathan puzzled over why some of his classmates struggled, and his parents told him he had a special gift. In the seventh grade, however, Jonathan suddenly lost interest in school, refusing to do homework or study for tests. Our society worships talent, and many people assume that possessing superior intelligence or ability—along with confidence in that ability—is a recipe for success. The result plays out in children like Jonathan, who coast through the early grades under the dangerous notion that no-effort academic achievement defines them as smart or gifted. Praising children's innate abilities, as Jonathan's parents did, reinforces this mind-set, which can also prevent young athletes or people in the workforce and even marriages from living up to their potential. People can learn to be helpless, too, but not everyone reacts to setbacks this way.
How Parents Talk About Failure Affects Children's Success Saying "That's OK, you're still good at writing" may not be the best strategy, researchers say. CAP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CAP/Getty Images Saying "That's OK, you're still good at writing" may not be the best strategy, researchers say. Is failure a positive opportunity to learn and grow, or is it a negative experience that hinders success? "Parents are a really critical force in child development when you think about how motivation and mindsets develop," says Kyla Haimovitz, a professor of psychology at Stanford University. Although there's been a lot of research on how these forces play out, relatively little looks at what parents can do to motivate their kids in school, Haimovitz says. But communicating that message to children is not simple. "Parents need to represent this to their kids in the ways they react about their kids' failures and setbacks," Haimovitz says. Further, taking the learn-from-failure message too far might backfire eventually.
This is the personality trait that most often predicts success The only major personality trait that consistently leads to success is conscientiousness. "It's emerging as one of the primary dimensions of successful functioning across the lifespan," Paul Tough writes in "How Children Succeed." "It really goes cradle to grave in terms of how people do." Tough says that people who test high in conscientiousness get better grades in school and college, commit fewer crimes, and stay married longer. They live longer, too, he says. There's a staggering amount of research linking conscientiousness with success. How do you know if you're conscientious? Psychologists classify conscientiousness is one of the "Big 5" personality traits, with the others being agreeableness, extroversion, neuroticism, and openness to experience. Research shows that arriving on time, doing thorough work, and being thoughtful toward your colleagues helps people regardless of their job function or workplace situation. Why conscientiousness people are so successful
Wisdom from a MacArthur Genius: Psychologist Angela Duckworth on Why Grit, No... Creative history brims with embodied examples of why the secret of genius is doggedness rather than “god”-given talent, from the case of young Mozart’s upbringing to E. B. White’s wisdom on writing to Chuck Close’s assertion about art to Tchaikovsky’s conviction about composition to Neil Gaiman’s advice to aspiring writers. But it takes a brilliant scholar of the psychology of achievement to empirically prove these creative intuitions: Math-teacher-turned-psychologist Angela Duckworth, who began her graduate studies under positive psychology godfather Martin Seligman at my alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, has done more than anyone for advancing our understanding of how self-control and grit — the relentless work ethic of sustaining your commitments toward a long-term goal — impact success. In this short video from the MacArthur Foundation, Duckworth traces her journey and explores the essence of her work: We need more than the intuitions of educators to work on this problem.
High Achievers Have More Grit Than Talent 4,739 views|Aug 30, 2018,10:00 am Joan MichelsonContributorOpinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Angela Duckworth, Author of “Grit”Character Lab Angela Duckworth’s dad told her, “You know you’re no genius” throughout her childhood. Further adding to the irony is that Duckworth won this “genius” award for “discovering that what we eventually accomplish may depend more on our passion and perseverance than on our innate talent.” Intrigued by her book, I spoke with Duckworth about why some super smart people do not achieve their goals, while sometimes less-smart people do become high-achievers. Here are eight key takeaways from my conversation with Dr. Have goals: People with grit who achieve their goals work day after day “towards the same goals…like, be the best athlete I can be, or advance our understanding of the physical universe,” Duckworth told me. Never stop learningpixabay Serena WilliamsFreedownload.com All of which she demonstrated in her response to her dad.
The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids Why did this happen? “When we praise children for their intelligence,” Dweck wrote in her study summary, “we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don’t risk making mistakes.” And that’s what the fifth-graders had done: They’d chosen to look smart and avoid the risk of being embarrassed. In a subsequent round, none of the fifth-graders had a choice. The test was difficult, designed for kids two years ahead of their grade level. Predictably, everyone failed. Having artificially induced a round of failure, Dweck’s researchers then gave all the fifth-graders a final round of tests that were engineered to be as easy as the first round. Dweck had suspected that praise could backfire, but even she was surprised by the magnitude of the effect. In follow-up interviews, Dweck discovered that those who think that innate intelligence is the key to success begin to discount the importance of effort. But that’s at school, as a teacher.
Advice from Olympic Skaters There’s a rare kinship that exists among Olympians. Rarer still is the bond among some of America’s most beloved champions. In anticipation of the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Parade gathered figure skating superstars Dorothy Hamill, Scott Hamilton, and Kristi Yamaguchi, along with legendary short-track speed skater Apolo Ohno, for a candid rink-side chat in New York City’s Central Park. Each athlete has changed the face of skating in a unique way (in 1992 Yamaguchi was the first Asian-American woman to win a gold medal, for example; Hamilton brought a new level of athleticism to his sport). “I think what sets skaters apart is we have to get up a lot,” says Hamilton, who will be in Sochi as a figure skating analyst for NBC. Check out behind-the-scenes video of Parade‘s cover shoot. PARADE: What’s it like for competitors during these last few weeks leading up to the Olympics? Ohno: Athletes train years for a chance at 40 seconds on the ice. Apolo raises a good point. Yamaguchi: Flying.
Why grit, not IQ, is the key to success, the odd habits of famous writers, Bob Dylan in pictures for kids, Stephen Hawking animated, and more Hey Name! If you missed last week's edition – how to make art, make money, and compromise neither, what Aristotle teaches us about the science and philosophy of friendship, the surprising and dark history of how the Nobel Prize was born, how Susan Sontag presaged visual culture on the social web, and more – you can catch up here. And if you're enjoying this, please consider supporting with a modest donation. Wisdom from a MacArthur Genius: Psychologist Angela Duckworth on Why Grit, Not IQ, Predicts Success "Character is at least as important as intellect." Creative history brims with embodied examples of why the secret of genius is doggedness rather than "god"-given talent, from the case of young Mozart's upbringing to E. In this short video from the MacArthur Foundation, Duckworth traces her journey and explores the essence of her work: We need more than the intuitions of educators to work on this problem. The problem, I think, is not only the schools but also the students themselves.
What Parents Should Say as Their Kids Perform In my work at Growing Leaders, we enjoy the privilege of serving numerous NCAA and professional sports teams each year. After meeting with hundreds of coaches and athletes, I noticed an issue kept surfacing in our conversations. Both the student-athlete and the coach were trying to solve the same problem. What was that problem? The parents of the student-athletes. You may or may not believe this, but even in Division One athletics, parents stay engaged with their child’s sport, often at the same level they did through their growing up years. What we parents may not recognize is the pressure and angst this kind of involvement applies. I love my mom, but when she does this, I get the feeling she doesn’t trust me.My parents are great, but I feel like I have multiple coaches telling me what to do and I get stressed out over it.I’m getting blackballed by my teammates because my mother keeps texting me and my coach, to give suggestions. Moving From Supervisor to Consultant Have fun. 1.