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:

Transforming Online Learning through Narrative and Student Agency is a useful study – not so much for the “online learning” part, but for the research it shares on student agency. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Agency & How To Encourage It.

Daniel Pink and Anders Ericsson: The Secrets of Top Performers and What It Takes to Be Truly Great is a good conversation, particularly related to deliberate practice. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The 10,000 Hour Rule & Deliberate Practice.

What Great Listeners Actually Do is from the Harvard Business Review. I’m adding it to The Best Ideas To Help Students Become Better Listeners — Contribute More.

Goal attainment seems to be about avoiding temptation, not exercising willpower is from BPS Digest. I’m adding it to Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control.

Scientists “Switch Off” Self-Control Using Brain Stimulation is from Scientific American. I’m adding it to the same list.

I’m adding this tweet to the same list, too:

Could Grit Thinking Drive Inequality? is from Inside Higher Ed. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of “Grit”

4 Myths About School Bullying And The ‘Trump Effect’ is from NPR. I’m adding it to A Very, Very Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Bullying — Please Suggest More.

Why Student Reflection Should Never Be Skipped is from Middleweb and is by Kevin Hodgson. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student & Teacher Reflection.

Setting Higher Expectations: Motivating Middle Graders to Succeed is from AMLE. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On “Motivating” Students.