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1. Author: Ed Bengtson
Title: The Role of Research Courses
Year: 2016
URL: https://books.google.com/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=tAcoDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA79&dq=info:IRLb7IJwQ7wJ:scholar.google
.com&ots=5x4eYfHY2E&sig=VWZY3ML9pSd1nvS12lacQ4eqfYg - v=onepage&q&f=false

2. Author: Ed Bengtson
Title: Contrary Socializations
Year: 2016
URL: https://books.google.com/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=397dDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA607&dq=info:fqunKarcjpgJ:scholar.google.
com&ots=USs_wZ9SGn&sig=Iz8WEvyIrd4h3Gj6faVt0IxvMlE#v=onepage&q&f=false

3. Author: Ed Bengtson
Title: How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul
Tough
Year: 2013
URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15582159.2013.759845

In the book- review article, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden
Power of Character by Paul Tough, Ed Bengtson is evaluating a book and its message/ tips for
child success. Bengtson explains that there is a long time- belief that student success in America's
schools is the answer to societal problems. Public education is frequently the scapegoat for
society's problemsprimarily the economy, and more specifically poverty. This book describes
that the development of grit, character, and curiosity are just as important, if not more so, than
the small range of cognitive skills measured on the standardized tests used today to determine if
students will be successful later in life. With this being said, it is not necessarily a persons IQ
that indicates future success but also a combination of the individuals character traits/skills.
Tough argues that character, grit, and self-control are the key qualities a student must have in
order to find success in school and throughout life. Ed Bengtson begins to wrap up his article by
stating that the book How Children Succeed does present the reader with ideas that will cause
them to think in regards of parenting and educating our youth. Bengtson concludes his review
by crediting Trough for his strong argument that perhaps people have been wrong in regards to
how we measure student success; An argument backed up by a lot of research, and one that
should be considered heavily by parents, educators, and policymakers.