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Informationen zum Autor Daniel T. Willingham is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling book, Why Don't Students Like School? , was hailed as "a triumph" by The Washington Post and "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal ; it is recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs and is published in ten languages. Willingham writes a regular column called "Ask the Cognitive Scientist" for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator . Klappentext Praise for When Can You Trust the Experts? > --STEVEN PINKER, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author, The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works > --RANDI WEINGARTEN, president, American Federation of Teachers > --CHESTER E. FINN, JR., president, Thomas B. Fordham Institute > --E. D. HIRSCH, author, What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know and What Your First Grader Needs to Know "Willingham's When Can You Trust the Experts? provides teachers with an in-depth guide on how to parse the helpful from the abhorrent. With the plethora of education research today, teachers finally have a book that asks us to challenge the validity of current education products through a simplified scientific approach. Unlike other education research books, however, Willingham prefers to spark conversation and invite educators in." --JOSE VILSON, middle school math instructor, New York City Schools Zusammenfassung Clear! easy principles to spot what's nonsense and what's reliable Each year! teachers! administrators! and parents face a barrage of new education software! games! workbooks! and professional development programs purporting to be "based on the latest research. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Author xi Acknowledgments xii Introduction: What are You to Believe? 1 Part One Why We So Easily Believe Bad Science Chapter 1 Why Smart People Believe Dumb Things 31 Chapter 2 Science and Belief: A Nervous Romance 57 Chapter 3 What Scientists Call Good Science 81 Chapter 4 How to Use Science 107 Part Two The Shortcut Solution Chapter 5 Step One: Strip It and Flip It 135 Chapter 6 Step Two: Trace It 167 Chapter 7 Step Three: Analyze It 183 Chapter 8 Step Four: Should I Do It? 207 Endnotes 223 Name Index 237 Subject Index 243 ...
