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Takeaways from Chapter 9 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
The second addition of Willingham’s book came out in 2021, which means he was likely working on the updated version in 2019/2020. How much has technology changed between the time he wrote this text and 2026? Of course part of the answer is that AI exploded and continues to be the driving factor in both…
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Takeaways from Chapter 8 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Willingham, D. (2021). Why don’t students like school? (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass. “Children do differ in intelligence, but intelligence can change through sustained hard work. It would be nice if all of our students were equally capable— if the only differences in their performance at school were due to differences in how hard they…
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Takeaways from Chapter 7 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Throughout this year you have heard me say, “Meet them where they are.” Chapter seven is about doing just that. While we need to design lessons (or games) for a group of students targeting their general developmental level, knowledge, and skill, because each child possesses unique qualities and characteristics, contemporary education is focused on meeting…
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Takeaways from Chapter 6 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Do students need to become “experts” in the things they are learning in school? I believe that students do not need to become “experts” in the things they are learning in school. School is the place where students get to learn new and exciting things through many different trials and errors. If teachers and administration…
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Takeaways from Chapter 5 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
“These two reasons to practice — to gain competence and to improve — are self-evident and probably not very controversial. Less obvious are the reasons to practice skills when it appears that you have mastered something and it’s not obvious that practice is making you any better. Odd as it may seem, that sort of…
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Takeaways from Chapter 4 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
“Abstraction is the goal of schooling. The teacher wants students to be able to apply classroom learning in new contexts, including outside school. The challenge is that the mind seems not to care for abstractions. The mind seems to prefer the concrete. That’s why, when we encounter an abstract principle— for example, mass X acceleration—…
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Takeaways from Chapter 9 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
The second addition of Willingham’s book came out in 2021, which means he was likely working on the updated version in 2019/2020. How much has technology changed between the time he wrote this text and 2026? Of course part of the answer is that AI exploded and continues to be the driving factor in both…
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Takeaways from Chapter 8 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Willingham, D. (2021). Why don’t students like school? (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass. “Children do differ in intelligence, but intelligence can change through sustained hard work. It would be nice if all of our students were equally capable— if the only differences in their performance at school were due to differences in how hard they…
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Takeaways from Chapter 7 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Throughout this year you have heard me say, “Meet them where they are.” Chapter seven is about doing just that. While we need to design lessons (or games) for a group of students targeting their general developmental level, knowledge, and skill, because each child possesses unique qualities and characteristics, contemporary education is focused on meeting…
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Takeaways from Chapter 6 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Do students need to become “experts” in the things they are learning in school? I believe that students do not need to become “experts” in the things they are learning in school. School is the place where students get to learn new and exciting things through many different trials and errors. If teachers and administration…
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Takeaways from Chapter 5 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
“These two reasons to practice — to gain competence and to improve — are self-evident and probably not very controversial. Less obvious are the reasons to practice skills when it appears that you have mastered something and it’s not obvious that practice is making you any better. Odd as it may seem, that sort of…
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Takeaways from Chapter 4 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
“Abstraction is the goal of schooling. The teacher wants students to be able to apply classroom learning in new contexts, including outside school. The challenge is that the mind seems not to care for abstractions. The mind seems to prefer the concrete. That’s why, when we encounter an abstract principle— for example, mass X acceleration—…
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Takeaways from Chapter 9 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
The second addition of Willingham’s book came out in 2021, which means he was likely working on the updated version in 2019/2020. How much has technology changed between the time he wrote this text and 2026? Of course part of the answer is that AI exploded and continues to be the driving factor in both…
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Takeaways from Chapter 8 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Willingham, D. (2021). Why don’t students like school? (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass. “Children do differ in intelligence, but intelligence can change through sustained hard work. It would be nice if all of our students were equally capable— if the only differences in their performance at school were due to differences in how hard they…
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Takeaways from Chapter 7 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Throughout this year you have heard me say, “Meet them where they are.” Chapter seven is about doing just that. While we need to design lessons (or games) for a group of students targeting their general developmental level, knowledge, and skill, because each child possesses unique qualities and characteristics, contemporary education is focused on meeting…
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Takeaways from Chapter 6 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
Do students need to become “experts” in the things they are learning in school? I believe that students do not need to become “experts” in the things they are learning in school. School is the place where students get to learn new and exciting things through many different trials and errors. If teachers and administration…
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Takeaways from Chapter 5 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
“These two reasons to practice — to gain competence and to improve — are self-evident and probably not very controversial. Less obvious are the reasons to practice skills when it appears that you have mastered something and it’s not obvious that practice is making you any better. Odd as it may seem, that sort of…
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Takeaways from Chapter 4 of Why Don’t Students Like School? By Daniel T. Willingham
“Abstraction is the goal of schooling. The teacher wants students to be able to apply classroom learning in new contexts, including outside school. The challenge is that the mind seems not to care for abstractions. The mind seems to prefer the concrete. That’s why, when we encounter an abstract principle— for example, mass X acceleration—…
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