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Freshman Common Reading Program 2014-2015: Reviews & Criticism

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Book Reviews

Blundell, John. "Outliers: The Story Of Success – By Malcolm Gladwell." Economic Affairs 29.4 (2009): 108-109.

Connolly, Terry. "Outliers: The Story Of Success (309Pp.). By Malcolm Gladwell. New York: Little Brown, 2008." Journal Of Behavioral Decision Making 23.3 (2010): 331-333.

Farris, Dale. "Outliers: The Story Of Success." Library Journal 134.2 (2009): 45. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.

Shermer, Michael. "Inside The Outliers." Scientific American 300.4 (2009): 36-37.

Chotiner, Isaac. "Mr. Lucky." New Republic 240.1 (2009): 41-45.

Criticism and Analyisis

Bond, Michael. "Does Genius Breed Success?." Nature 456.7224 (2008): 874.

Carey, Benedict. " How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Talent." New York Times Online July 14, 2014.

Chotiner, Isaac. "Mister Lucky." New Republic 240.1 (2009): 41-45.

Culver, S. J. "...And Let's Help Them Speak Up Across The Cultural Divide." Chronicle Of Higher Education 59.12 (2012): A37-A38. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.

Ericsson, K. Anders, Ralf T. Krampe, and Clemens Tesch-Römer. "The Role Of Deliberate Practice In The Acquisition Of Expert Performance." Psychological Review 100.3 (1993): 363-406.

Kettle, David. "How To Get Ahead In Just About Anything." Strad 120.1428 (2009): 67-68. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.

Lubinski, David, et al. "Tracking Exceptional Human Capital Over Two Decades." Psychological Science 17.3 (2006): 194-199.

Rycik, James A. "Summer Reading And Summer Schooling." American Secondary Education 37.3 (2009): 29-32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.

Sanborn, Chase. "10,000 Hours." Canadian Musician 34.6 (2012): 30. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.

Shrader, Ralph. "Success Is Not An Outcome." Vital Speeches Of The Day 65.16 (1999): 504.

Silzer, Rob, and Allan H. Church. "The Potential For Potential." Industrial And Organizational Psychology: Perspectives On Science And Practice 2.4 (2009): 446-452.

Stone, Lynda. "Outliers, Cheese, And Rhizomes: Variations On A Theme Of Limitation." Educational Theory 61.6 (2011): 647-658. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2014.