Daniel Willingham
@DTWillingham
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Prof @ UVa who's puttin' the funk back in functional brain imaging and the psycho in psychometrics. One study is just one study, folks.
Keswick, Virginia, USA
Joined October 2009
Guy I know was complaining about making his 8th grader's lunch. I didn't have presence of mind to say anything so 3 days later I made this. I don't think the guy's is on Twitter, this is my therapy.
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I love this quotation about reading so much that I used it as the epigraph for The Reading Mind.
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RT @nberpubs: Education reduces incidence of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) and weakens the relationship between genetic…
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RT @karenvaites: “It’s not just a knowledge-rich curriculum. It’s a knowledge-rich curriculum that is carefully sequenced. The ideal is th…
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Join me, @CarolJago, David Steiner & Carey Wright for a discussion of the latest NAEP reading results, presented by the National Assessment Governing Board, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy. Feb. 4, 10 a.m. Eastern US
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OPEN ACCESS randomized control trial showing benefits of knowledge-rich curriculum in K, via @SoniaCabell , @ProfJimmyKim et al
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RT @Jonharper70bd: Before this discussion, I wasn't optimistic about getting more students to read. But after listening to and learning fro…
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Meta-analysis shows sizable effect of incubation on creativity tasks (or better, on alternate-use tasks and remote associate tasks)
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Meta-analysis: cognitive skills correlated with math skills. (open)
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RT @learningandtheb: Can neuroscience improve education? @DTWillingham and David Daniel are on the case: https://…
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@PaulGarvey4 @CiranStapleton @KellyGToGo I don't see it, and I won't ask you to explain in this brief forum. Is there something written about the distinction between teaching and instruction you would suggest I read?
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Audiobook of Outsmart Your Brain is just $3.99 at Chirp this week!
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How does the brain avoid overwriting old memories when new ones are created? New data (in mice) provides a hint: old & new memories are processed during different stages of sleep
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