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Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers

"If you have recently bumped into that word, grit , Duckworth is the reason...In education and parenting circles, her research has provided a much needed antipode to hovering , by which children are systematically deprived of the opportunity to experience setbacks, much less overcome them...What sticks with you [in Grit ] are the testimonials, collected from sources as disparate as Will Smith, William James, and Jeff Bezos's mom, that relentlessly deflate the myth of the natural."-The Atlantic

" Grit is a useful guide for parents or teachers looking for confirmation that passion and persistence matter, and for inspiring models of how to cultivate these important qualities."-The Washington Post

"This book will change your life. Fascinating, rigorous, and practical, Grit is destined to be a classic in the literature of success."-
Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick , Switch , and Decisive

"I kept wanting to read this book aloud-to my child, my husband, to everyone I care about. There are no shortcuts to greatness, it's true. But there is a roadmap, and you are holding it."
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"Readable, compelling and totally persuasive. The ideas in this book have the potential to transform education, management and the way its readers live. Angela Duckworth's Grit is a national treasure."-
Lawrence H. Summers, Former Secretary of the Treasury and President Emeritus at Harvard University

"Invaluable...In a world where access to knowledge is unprecedented, this book describes the key trait of those who will optimally take advantage of it. Grit will inspire everyone who reads it to stick to something hard that they have a passion for."Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy
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"A combination of rich science, compelling stories, crisp graceful prose, and appealingly personal examples...Without a doubt, this is the most transformative, eye-opening book I've read this year."
- Sonja Lyubomirsky, Professor, University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness

"A thoughtful and engaging exploration of what predicts success. Grit takes on widespread misconceptions and predictors of what makes us strive harder and push further...Duckworth's own story, wound throughout her research, ends up demonstrating her theory best; passion and perseverance make up grit."Tory Burch, Chairman, CEO and Designer of Tory Burch
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"I love an idea that challenges our conventional wisdom and 'grit' does just that! Put aside what you think you know about getting ahead and outlasting your competition, even if they are more talented. Getting smarter won't help you-sticking with it, will!"
- Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last

"An important book...In these pages, the leading scholarly expert on the power of grit (what my mom called 'stick-to-it-iveness') carries her message to a wider audience, using apt anecdotes and aphorisms to illustrate how we can usefully apply her insights to our own lives and those of our kids."
-Robert D. Putnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard and author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids

" Grit delivers! Angela Duckworth shares the stories, the science, and the positivity behind sustained success...A must-read."-
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"This is one of my favorite books on meta-cognition and it's one that I recommend frequently... This one is canonical."

You've Got This Podcast (Episode 62)

"Most students enter university unaware they must become active problem-solvers rather than passive receivers of information. Academics know this implicitly, but like most subject-matter experts, forget that students don't share their knowledge. Challenging teachers to reject their assumption that students arrive at university prepared to learn―and convincing them to teach their students new ways of learning―is the goal of [this book]. Teach Students How to Learn provides method and motivation to become more effectively involved in helping your students succeed. "

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"It shouldn't be surprising that a volume intent on teaching students how to learn is just as intent on teaching the reader how to do just that, but it is still refreshing to read a book that lays out its goals, sticks to the promises it makes, and even creates its own study guide based on how much time the reader has to give to the text. Well-structured and clear, Saundra Yancy McGuire's Teach Students How to Learn is as thoughtful about itself as it is about the content it presents. McGuire has composed this book to reflect her own response to and engagement with a pressing problem in higher education: namely, that many students, even those who qualify for admission at prestigious institutions, arrive without ever having been taught to learn by anything but rote memorization. Faced with college's demands of skills higher in Bloom's Taxonomy, they find themselves struggling and even failing.

With this book McGuire gives teachers the tools they need to move their students past the high school model of retention until regurgitation, helping them instead to internalize a more nuanced, flexible understanding of learning. To convey this understanding, McGuire focuses on student mindset, encouraging educators to bring in everything from neurobiological models to fellow student success stories in order to help learners see that they are not stuck being 'bad' at something - that change is not only possible, but already well within reach.

Most of all, McGuire is a fun writer. Personal and plainspoken, her style makes the pages fly by. (Any worries that this book might drown the reader in jargon should be alleviated by the appearance of the words 'metacognition, schmetacognition'. I would recommend this book in particular to educators working with students from underserved communities, as giving students access to these techniques will help ensure their success far beyond the boundaries of a single classroom."

Reflective Teaching (Wabash Center)

"I just wanted to write you a quick note to talk about how much I enjoyed your book Teach Students How to Learn. I work as the Associate Director for Teaching and Learning at the Faculty Center at my university. Every year I get to put on a Summer Teaching Institute for faculty. The theme that came out of much of the work we have been doing about High-Impact Practices and what we want to accomplish at the university centered on life-long learning and nurturing autonomy and agency in students. I wanted to make that the theme of the institute this year and in looking for materials I came across your book. I loved it and it is the book we are going to cover this summer. I think it will provide a wonderful road map for us as we try move past how best to teach information to our students into helping our students become better learners."

Matthew C. Atherton, Ph.D.

California State University San Marcos

"Dr. McGuire's book, Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation, is a must read for faculty, staff, students, and top administrators. Students are coming to college not knowing what to expect or how to handle the level of preparedness that is expected of them. The strategies in this book are not difficult to implement or to include in the instruction of early core classes or a freshman seminar class. The best or the least prepared students can learn from Dr. McGuire's strategies."

NCLCA Newsletter

"For those interested in helping students develop strong metacognitive skills, Dr. Saundra McGuire's book, Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation, is concise, practical, and much less overwhelming than trying to figure out what to do on your own. It is both a consolidation of the research surrounding metacognition, mindset, and motivation and a how-to guide for putting that research into practice.

Improve with Metacognition

"If you are already convinced - or are at least willing to consider the possibility - that your students could learn more deeply and achieve more success than they are at present, this book is for you. If you are frustrated by students who seem unmotivated and disengaged, this book is for you. If you find it challenging to teach underprepared students, this book is for you. And if you care about educational equity and fairness, this book is for you.

The not-so-familiar good news is that these same students can both survive and thrive in higher education. The message from relevant research is quite clear: What students do in college matters more than who they are or which institution they attend. What these underprepared students need most to do is to learn how to learn.

In this book, Saundra McGuire provides specific, practical, research-based strategies to teach students how to learn, focusing on the three key M's - mindset, motivation, and metacognition.

The book offers a broad range of strategies for teachers and for students, along with a wealth of examples, illustrations, and resources."

Thomas A. Angelo, Clinical Professor of Educational Innovation & Research, The Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education and Director of Educator Development, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

"This book is a wonderful resource for college faculty. It provides us with practical, yet powerful learning strategies and metacognition techniques that can be easily incorporated into our courses, and which in turn, will improve student learning. Dr. McGuire shares both research and her personal experiences, as well as her expertise in teaching all kinds of diverse students with tremendous success. This book is a welcome addition for the post secondary teaching and learning field and should be read and utilized by all."

Kathleen F. Gabriel, Associate Professor, School of Education

California State University, Chico

"Teachers need to learn as much as their students. In a masterly and spirited exposition, spangled with wit and exhortation, rife with pragmatic strategies, Saundra McGuire teaches teachers how to awake in their students the powers dormant in them. Be aware, and you will learn!"

Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

"An electrifying book! McGuire demonstrates how learning strategies can improve learning―and then charges faculty to teach them, complete with the slides for doing so in your class. . . A must read―and must do―for every teacher who struggles with students who don't learn as much as they could or should!"

Tara Gray, Ph.D., Director

The Teaching Academy

"Dr. McGuire's specific strategies serve me as paradigms I can adapt for my literature courses. Many of the specific exercises McGuire uses to illustrate metacognition quickly convinced my students that cognitive functions such as pattern recognition effectively guide the close reading of a text while taking time to overview a text and place it in context helps more advanced students take on the challenges of literary theory. The strategies outlined here take away the mystery, not the magic, of writing about literature."

Helen Whall, Professor of English and Director of Comprehensive Academic Advising

College of the Holy Cross

"Based on solid scientific theory and real classroom case studies, Dr. McGuire's workshop on Metacognition provides the participants with sound pedagogical advice and an impressive array of ready-to-use, result oriented teaching techniques for a 21st century classroom. With a metacognitive approach to teaching and learning, everything comes together."

Irina Ivliyeva, Associate Professor of Russian

Missouri University of Science and Technology

"I believe The Study Cycle handout was particularly useful because it provided a helpful step-by-step approach for students to learn the material in a class more effectively. Moreover, it is a good way to place the accountability for student success where it belongs―on the shoulders of the students (with professors providing guidance and support for their learning)."

Larry Gragg, Curators' Teaching Professor and Chair, Department of History and Political Science

Read, Write, PERFECT

"It is incredibly important to make sure your home schooler has access to quality curricula―regardless of whether you are doing traditional home schooling, unit home schooling, unschooling, or some combination of the above.

However, one area of study that is frequently neglected in home schooling programs is the systematic development of study skills to support independent learning. While many students―and especially those following less traditional home schooling paths―such as unschooling―develop these skills organically as an adjunct to their content explorations, understanding that they have them and why they work is an essential component when it comes to transitioning students to college-level learning.

Teach Students How to Learn and Teach Yourself How to Learn are companion volumes: the second covers the same material as the first, but for a readership of students rather than instructors. Both volumes are extremely effective at providing practical and concrete techniques for improving study habits and learning mindsets. McGuire's insights are based on both rigorous educational research and years of experience as a learning support specialist.

At first glance, Saundra McGuire's books might not seem like an obvious choice for homeschooling parents and students. The books are designed with college undergraduate students and their faculty in mind, and are designed to help students understand the skills that will result in better college performance. However, McGuire's books are invaluable to home schoolers because they provides the whys and hows for the most important homeschooling skill out there: independent learning and thinking."

Jennifer Harrison

Read, Write, PERFECT

"This is one of my favorite books on meta-cognition and it's one that I recommend frequently... This one is canonical." ― You've Got This Podcast (Episode 62) Published On: 2017-09-21Teach Students How to Learn Published On: 2017-08-09 is as thoughtful about itself as it is about the content it presents. McGuire has composed this book to reflect her own response to and engagement with a pressing problem in higher education: namely, that many students, even those who qualify for admission at prestigious institutions, arrive without ever having been taught to learn by anything but rote memorization. Faced with college's demands of skills higher in Bloom's Taxonomy, they find themselves struggling and even failing. Published On: 2016-09-01 Published On: 2016-07-01 Published On: 2016-06-01 Published On: 2016-03-01. Published On: 2015-08-01 Published On: 2015-07-01 Published On: 2015-05-01 Published On: 2015-04-01

"Most students enter university unaware they must become active problem-solvers rather than passive receivers of information. Academics know this implicitly, but like most subject-matter experts, forget that students don't share their knowledge. Challenging teachers to reject their assumption that students arrive at university prepared to learn―and convincing them to teach their students new ways of learning―is the goal of [this book]. provides method and motivation to become more effectively involved in helping your students succeed. " ― Technical Communication Teach Students How to Learn Reflective Teaching (Wabash Center)

"It shouldn't be surprising that a volume intent on teaching students how to learn is just as intent on teaching the reader how to do just that, but it is still refreshing to read a book that lays out its goals, sticks to the promises it makes, and even creates its own study guide based on how much time the reader has to give to the text. Well-structured and clear, Saundra Yancy McGuire's Teach Students How to Learn

With this book McGuire gives teachers the tools they need to move their students past the high school model of retention until regurgitation, helping them instead to internalize a more nuanced, flexible understanding of learning. To convey this understanding, McGuire focuses on student mindset, encouraging educators to bring in everything from neurobiological models to fellow student success stories in order to help learners see that they are not stuck being 'bad' at something - that change is not only possible, but already well within reach.

Most of all, McGuire is a fun writer. Personal and plainspoken, her style makes the pages fly by. (Any worries that this book might drown the reader in jargon should be alleviated by the appearance of the words 'metacognition, schmetacognition'. I would recommend this book in particular to educators working with students from underserved communities, as giving students access to these techniques will help ensure their success far beyond the boundaries of a single classroom." ―

"I just wanted to write you a quick note to talk about how much I enjoyed your book . I work as the Associate Director for Teaching and Learning at the Faculty Center at my university. Every year I get to put on a Summer Teaching Institute for faculty. The theme that came out of much of the work we have been doing about High-Impact Practices and what we want to accomplish at the university centered on life-long learning and nurturing autonomy and agency in students. I wanted to make that the theme of the institute this year and in looking for materials I came across your book. I loved it and it is the book we are going to cover this summer. I think it will provide a wonderful road map for us as we try move past how best to teach information to our students into helping our students become better learners." -- Matthew C. Atherton, Ph.D. ― California State University San Marcos Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation , is a must read for faculty, staff, students, and top administrators. Students are coming to college not knowing what to expect or how to handle the level of preparedness that is expected of them. The strategies in this book are not difficult to implement or to include in the instruction of early core classes or a freshman seminar class. The best or the least prepared students can learn from Dr. McGuire's strategies." ― NCLCA Newsletter

"Dr. McGuire's book, Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation , is concise, practical, and much less overwhelming than trying to figure out what to do on your own. It is both a consolidation of the research surrounding metacognition, mindset, and motivation and a how-to guide for putting that research into practice. ― Improve with Metacognition do

"For those interested in helping students develop strong metacognitive skills, Dr. Saundra McGuire's book, in college matters more than who they are or which institution they attend. What these underprepared students need most to do is to learn how to learn University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill California State University, Chico

"If you are already convinced - or are at least willing to consider the possibility - that your students could learn more deeply and achieve more success than they are at present, this book is for you. If you are frustrated by students who seem unmotivated and disengaged, this book is for you. If you find it challenging to teach underprepared students, this book is for you. And if you care about educational equity and fairness, this book is for you.

The not-so-familiar good news is that these same students can both survive and thrive in higher education. The message from relevant research is quite clear: What students The Teaching Academy College of the Holy Cross

In this book, Saundra McGuire provides specific, practical, research-based strategies to teach students how to learn, focusing on the three key M's - mindset, motivation, and metacognition.

The book offers a broad range of strategies for teachers and for students, along with a wealth of examples, illustrations, and resources." -- Thomas A. Angelo, Clinical Professor of Educational Innovation & Research, The Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education and Director of Educator Development, Eshelman School of Pharmacy ―

"This book is a wonderful resource for college faculty. It provides us with practical, yet powerful learning strategies and metacognition techniques that can be easily incorporated into our courses, and which in turn, will improve student learning. Dr. McGuire shares both research and her personal experiences, as well as her expertise in teaching all kinds of diverse students with tremendous success. This book is a welcome addition for the post secondary teaching and learning field and should be read and utilized by all." -- Kathleen F. Gabriel, Associate Professor, School of Education ― Missouri University of Science and Technology

"Teachers need to learn as much as their students. In a masterly and spirited exposition, spangled with wit and exhortation, rife with pragmatic strategies, Saundra McGuire teaches teachers how to awake in their students the powers dormant in them. Be aware, and you will learn!" -- Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Published On: 2015-05-01

"An electrifying book! McGuire demonstrates how learning strategies can improve learning―and then charges faculty to teach them, complete with the slides for doing so in your class. . . A must read―and must do―for every teacher who struggles with students who don't learn as much as they could or should!" -- Tara Gray, Ph.D., Director ―

"Dr. McGuire's specific strategies serve me as paradigms I can adapt for my literature courses. Many of the specific exercises McGuire uses to illustrate metacognition quickly convinced my students that cognitive functions such as pattern recognition effectively guide the close reading of a text while taking time to overview a text and place it in context helps more advanced students take on the challenges of literary theory. The strategies outlined here take away the mystery, not the magic, of writing about literature." -- Helen Whall, Professor of English and Director of Comprehensive Academic Advising ― Read, Write, PERFECT

"Based on solid scientific theory and real classroom case studies, Dr. McGuire's workshop on Metacognition provides the participants with sound pedagogical advice and an impressive array of ready-to-use, result oriented teaching techniques for a 21st century classroom. With a metacognitive approach to teaching and learning, everything comes together." -- Irina Ivliyeva, Associate Professor of Russian ―

"I believe The Study Cycle handout was particularly useful because it provided a helpful step-by-step approach for students to learn the material in a class more effectively. Moreover, it is a good way to place the accountability for student success where it belongs―on the shoulders of the students (with professors providing guidance and support for their learning)." -- Larry Gragg, Curators' Teaching Professor and Chair, Department of History and Political Science ―

"It is incredibly important to make sure your home schooler hasaccess to quality curricula―regardless of whether you are doing traditionalhome schooling, unit home schooling, unschooling, or some combination of theabove.

However, one area of study that is frequently neglected in homeschooling programs is the systematic development of study skills to supportindependent learning. While many students―and especially those following lesstraditional home schooling paths―such as unschooling―develop these skillsorganically as an adjunct to their content explorations, understanding thatthey have them and why they work is an essential component when it comes totransitioning students to college-level learning.

Teach Students How to Learn and Teach Yourself How to Learn arecompanion volumes: the second covers the same material as the first, but for areadership of students rather than instructors. Both volumes are extremelyeffective at providing practical and concrete techniques for improving studyhabits and learning mindsets. McGuire's insights are based on both rigorouseducational research and years of experience as a learning support specialist.

At first glance, Saundra McGuire's books might not seem like an obviouschoice for homeschooling parents and students. The books are designed withcollege undergraduate students and their faculty in mind, and are designed tohelp students understand the skills that will result in better collegeperformance. However, McGuire's books are invaluable to home schoolers becausethey provides the whys and hows for the most important homeschooling skill outthere: independent learning and thinking." -- Jennifer Harrison ― Read, Write, PERFECT

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