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How to Win a Spelling Bee
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Competition Makes a Comeback
Summer 2010| Education Next

A new study of spelling bee competitors finds that those with “grit,” who engage in more deliberate practice by themselves, are more likely to win. June Kronholz wrote about spelling bees in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next.

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