Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel T. Willingham (9780470591963)

Description - Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel T. Willingham

Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging
students in the classroom
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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