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More About This Title Why Don't Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
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Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences.
- Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications for the classroom
- Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence is malleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" without facts
- How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachers hone their teaching skills
"Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside the classroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents -anyone who cares about how we learn-should find his book valuable reading."
—Wall Street Journal
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Acknowledgments v
The Author ix
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 Why Don’t Students Like School? 3
CHAPTER 2 How Can I Teach Students the Skills They Need When Standardized Tests Require Only Facts? 25
CHAPTER 3 Why Do Students Remember Everything That’s on Television and Forget Everything I Say? 53
CHAPTER 4 Why Is It So Hard for Students to Understand Abstract Ideas? 87
CHAPTER 5 Is Drilling Worth It? 107
CHAPTER 6 What’s the Secret to Getting Students to Think Like Real Scientists, Mathematicians, and Historians? 127
CHAPTER 7 How Should I Adjust My Teaching for Different Types of Learners? 147
CHAPTER 8 How Can I Help Slow Learners? 169
CHAPTER 9 What About My Mind? 189
Conclusion 207
End Notes 214
Index 217
Credit Lines 225
