When can you trust the experts?
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"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 wh
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…After looking up the book from which this chapter is excerpted, I followed other recommendations from Amazon to another very useful book, http://www.amazon.com/When-Can-You-Trust-Experts/dp/11181302... When Can You Trust the Experts: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education by Daniel T. Willingham, a very astute psychologist with an interest in education policy.
on “The Most Dangerous Equation [pdf]” ↗…experience, rarely are we given a blank slate and asked to learn everything we need, in any domain/discipline necessary, to accomplish the job. Tokenadult -- have you read Willingham's book on this topic (When Can You Trust the Experts?) and would recommend it? I read his previous book (Why Don't Students Like School?) and found it fairly interesting, though there are elements I find misleading.
on “Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach? [pdf]” ↗