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Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Acknowledgments to the First Edition
6 Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
9 1 Why Don't Students Like School? The Mind Is Not Designed for Thinking People Are Naturally Curious, But Curiosity Is Fragile How Thinking Works Summary Implications for the Classroom Notes Further Reading Discussion Questions Notes
10 2 How Can I Teach Students the Skills They Need When Standardized Tests Require Only Facts? Knowledge Is Essential to Reading Comprehension Background Knowledge Is Necessary for Cognitive Skills Factual Knowledge Improves Your Memory Summary Implications for the Classroom Notes Further Reading Discussion Questions Notes
11 3 Why Do Students Remember Everything That's on Television and Forget Everything I Say? The Importance of Memory What Good Teachers Have in Common The Power of Stories Putting Story Structure to Work But What If There Is No Meaning? Summary Implications for the Classroom Notes Further Reading Discussion Questions Notes
12 4 Why Is It So Hard for Students to Understand Abstract Ideas? Understanding Is Disguised Remembering Why Is Knowledge Shallow? Why Doesn't Knowledge Transfer? Summary Implications for the Classroom Notes Further Reading Discussion Questions Notes
13 5 Is Drilling Worth It? Practice Enables Further Learning Practice Makes Memory Long Lasting Practice Improves Transfer Summary Implications for the Classroom Notes Further Reading Discussion Questions Notes
14 6 What's the Secret to Getting Students to Think Like Real Scientists, Mathematicians, and Historians? What Do Scientists, Mathematicians, and Other Experts Do? What Is in an Expert's Mental Toolbox? How Can We Get Students to Think Like Experts? Summary Implications for the Classroom Note
