Daniel T. Willingham

The Reading Mind is a brilliant, beautifully crafted, and accessible exploration of arguably life's most important skill: reading.

Why Don't Students Like School? (2nd Edition) features 25 percent updated material while still honoring the classic, beloved approaches of the original. The book draws its themes from the most frequently asked questions in his "Ask the Cognitive Scientist" column in the American Educator, such...

Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school, it seems like their minds are turned off. Why is it that they can remember the smallest details from their favorite television programs, yet miss the most obvious questions on their history test? Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham has...

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...

Um dos maiores especialistas da área, ele mostra também como lidar com a procrastinação, a ansiedade, a falta de concentração e outros desafios comuns à rotina de estudo.