TEACHING TENACITY, RESILIENCE, AND A DRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE

By Emily Mofield and Megan Parker Peters. Teach students to persevere in the face of setbacks and sustain effort even through difficulty with this series of research-based lessons designed to prepare students for long-term success. Students will learn to be aware of how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors affect their pursuit of excellence. Lessons include background information and engaging activities that cover such topics as self-awareness, problem solving, intellectual risk-taking, perfectionism, mindset, grit, stress, procrastination, social-emotional intelligence, and more. Includes pre- and post-assessments to measure student understanding and growth. Aligned to NAGC standards. Appendix. Bibliography. 8½" x 11". Prufrock. 233 pages. ©2018.