Why Don't Students Like School?

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Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engagingstudents in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimedresearch on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. Hisbook will help teachers improve their practice by explaining howthey and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importanceof story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in buildingknowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. * Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications forthe classroom * Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence ismalleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" withoutfacts * How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachershone their teaching skills "Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside theclassroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents-anyone who cares about how we learn-should find his book valuablereading." --Wall Street Journal

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"Just like his Ask the Cognitive Scientist column, Dan Willingham'sbook makes fascinating but complicated research from cognitivescience accessible to teachers. It is jam packed with ideas thatteachers willfind both intellectually rich and useful in theirclassroom work." --Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers "This readable, practical book by a distinguishedcognitivescientist explains the universal roots of effectiveteaching and learning. With great wit and authority it practicesthe principles it preaches. It is the best teachers' guide I knowof--a classic that belongs in the book bag of every teacherfrom preschool to grad school." --E. D. Hirsch, Jr., university professor emeritus, Universityof Virginia "Dan Willingham, rare among cognitive scientists for also beingawonderful writer, has produced a book about learning in schoolthat readslike a trip through a wild and thrilling new country. Forteachers and parents, even students, there are surprises on everypage. Did you know, for instance,that our brains are not reallymade for thinking?" --Jay Mathews, education columnist,The WashingtonPost "Educators will love this wonderful book--in clear andcompelling language, Willingham shows how the most importantdiscoveries from the cognitive revolution can be used to improveteaching and inspire students in the classroom." --John Gabrieli, Grover Hermann Professor of HealthSciences,Technology and Cognitive Neuroscience, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology "Scientists know so much more than we knew thirty years agoabout how children learn. This book offers you the research, andthe arguments,that will help you become a more effectiveteacher." --Joe Riener, English teacher, Wilson High School, Washington,D.C.
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