How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
- ISBN-10
- 0544104404
- ISBN-13
- 9780544104402
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 231
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Author
- Paul Tough
Description
Challenges conventional views about standardized testing to argue that success is more determined by self-discipline, and describes the work of pioneering researchers and educators who have enabled effective new teaching methods.
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- 2012
- 231 pages
- Paperback
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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