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In spring 2008, WKCD invited students and teachers in three Chicago high schools to investigate the question, "What does it take to get really good at something?" First, students were asked to think about their own efforts to find a talent and build on it, and second, to interview an adult in their community who has a reputation for being good at what they do. The students recorded and transcribed their interviews and then worked with their teachers and WKCD to turn these accounts into first-person narratives. They also photographed their subjects.
This CD-ROM contains the results from the students' investigations. It also includes a five-day curriculum that educators can use to engage students in their own inquiry into what it takes to get good at something. So, while the audio slideshow and essays on the CD-ROM share the work of a particular group of students and may not reflect all the students in a given classroom or school, the notion of involving students as investigators on this topic has no boundaries. [author]
