Daniel T. Willingham

Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom (2009)

This look at education by a cognitive scientist followed nine principles:1. People are naturally curious, but we are not naturally good thinkers; unless the cognitive conditions are right, we will avoid thinking.2. Factual knowledge must precede skill.3. Memory is the residue of thought.4. We und...