Title: 8 Ways To Build Student Stamina: How to teach persistence
Source/Author/Date:Scientific Learning/Norene Wiesen/January 14, 2014
URL Link [http://www.scilearn.com/blog/teaching-persistence-how-to-build-student-stamina]
Key Points: This fairly short, but very readable article give some great tips on teaching students perseverance through change of mindset, positive self-talk, modeling by teachers and other adults, and a host of other ideas.
Relevance: I believe that it is important to teach children to stick with things, especially when things are not going as well as could be expected. Students need to understand that mistakes are not failures; they are opportunities to learn.
