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A fresh approach to getting kids to work smarter and better, not just harder As teachers and parents, our job is to teach students to tackle challenges rather than avoid them. Award-winning teacher and best-selling author Debbie Silver addresses the relationship between student motivation and risking failure, calling failure a temporary "glitch" that provides valuable learning opportunities. She explains motivational theory, provides down-to-earth-often humorous-real life examples, and outlines concrete, applicable guidelines for helping students overcome setbacks and failure to foster lifelong success

Interesting......how did you hear about this? Any feedback on how this approach is working by those who have implemented?