Each day, teachers come to work ready to teach and serve the needs of children. Students arrive curious and eager to learn. Unfortunately, in addition to the small group of students who are a perfect fit for our institutions’ academic mold and other groups of young people who eventually figure out how to squeeze in [...]

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When it comes to learning, we all have different abilities. So what’s a teacher to do when faced with a classroom full of students who learn in various ways? The answer may shock you. Nothing According to Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, cognitive science demonstrates that “teaching the [...]

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Teachers should focus on the content’s best modality — not the student’s.” Daniel T. Willingham Since the mid-1980s the idea that students possess multiple intelligences has been embraced within the field of education. While it is true students may have strengths or weaknesses in various areas, research shows classroom learning does not improve when educators [...]

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