Smart Schools: From Training Memories to Educating Minds (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780028740188)

Although there has been a great deal of impassioned debate over the sad state of American education today, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how children actually learn to think. But, as David Perkins demonstrates, we cannot solve our problems in this area simply by redistributing power or by asking children to regurgitate facts on a multiple choice exam. Rather we must ask what kinds of knowledge students typically acquire in school.

In Smart Schools, Perkins draws on over twenty years of research to reveal the common misguided strategies students use in trying to understand a topic, and then shows teachers and parents what strategies they can use with children to increase real understanding.

Author: David Perkins
ISBN-10: 0028740181
ISBN-13: 9780028740188
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/1995
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.00w x 0.74d