When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education - Couverture rigide

Willingham

 
9781118130278: When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education
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ISBN 10 : 1118130278 ISBN 13 : 9781118130278
Editeur : Jossey-Bass, 2012

Synopsis

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." While some of these products are rooted in solid science, the research behind many others is grossly exaggerated. This new book, written by a top thought leader, helps everyday teachers, administrators, and family members--who don't have years of statistics courses under their belts--separate the wheat from the chaff and determine which new educational approaches are scientifically supported and worth adopting.

  • Author's first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, catapulted him to superstar status in the field of education
  • Willingham's work has been hailed as "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by The Washington Post
  • Author blogs for The Washington Post and Brittanica.com, and writes a column for American Educator

In this insightful book, thought leader and bestselling author Dan Willingham offers an easy, reliable way to discern which programs are scientifically supported and which are the equivalent of "educational snake oil."

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Jossey-Bass
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1118130278
ISBN 13 
9781118130278
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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