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Wokandapix / Pixabay Here’s an explanation of the difference between “grit” and “resilience”: “ Grit is the tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long-term goals” (Duckworth et al., 2007). … Grit is about sustained, consistent effort toward a goal even when we struggle, falter, or temporarily fail. Resilience is our ability to bounce back after we have struggled, faltered, or fai
I’ve recently begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists. You might also be interested in THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART ONE. Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Study shows keeping gratit
geralt / Pixabay Al Jazeera has a pretty decent “explainer” series called “Start Here.” Here’s how they explain it: Welcome to Start Here. We contextualise, simplify and beautifully present the building blocks for both big and small stories from around the world – in around seven minutes. You can find them on a special page on their website , or on a YouTube playlist . Below, I’ve embedded two th
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART TWO ): How The SAT Failed America is from Forbes. The wealth gap: How the education world fails to fully measure students’ economic disadvantage is from Chalkbeat. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn What Impact A T
Veex / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Ed Tech: The Best
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Here are three new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures : How Do People Picnic Around the Globe? is from Smithsonian Magazine.
I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE THIRTE
BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO. A
geralt / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Education Policy
Every two months, I reprint this post so that new subscribers learn about these resources. I have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all “my” books (“my” is quotation marks because several are ones I have co-au
