Spencer Foundation Lecture on Education and Learning at the Chicago Humanities Festival
True Grit - Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth
True Grit
Angela Lee Duckworth
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Angela Lee Duckworth studies non-IQ competencies,
including self-control and grit, which predict achievement. Prior to her career
in research, she founded a non-profit summer school for low-income children
which won the Better Government Award for the state of Massachusetts and was
profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study.
November 3, 2012 • 2:00–3:00 pm
Chicago History Museum - Rubloff Auditorium
1601 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614
For ticket prices and more information: http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Philosophy/2012f-Angela-Duckworth-True-Grit.aspx
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