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
Daniel T. Willingham is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. He writes the popular Ask the Cognitive Scientist column for American Educator magazine.
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