Fires in the Mind: Teens on What it Takes to Become an Expert
What does it take to get really good at something? You don’t have to be born with it; research suggests that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to make an expert. This book and ongoing blog from What Kids Can Do (WKCD), shares eye-opening insights from 200 teenagers who looked at their own lives and learning through the lens of "deliberate practice."
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http://firesinthemind.org/ 
As a high school teacher, I have grown to treasure those moments when students are "in the zone" - working hard to master new skills, enjoying the process of challenge and success. Reading Fires in the Mind, I saw kids' own explanations of those moments. The clarity and directness with which they explained how they achieve that state of flow - and what classroom conditions enable it - were enlightening and useful. The student collaborators gave lots of great ideas about how to replicate these sometimes-elusive moments!
This book got me excited to have some of these same conversations with my own students, and to re-work my curriculum with the concept of "deliberate practice" foremost in my mind!