Smart Schools
From Training Memories to Educating Minds
Published on 1. May 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-0-02-874018-8 (ISBN)
Description
Prekins' research indicates that students from the first grade through college often have only the most superficial kind of knowledge even after considerable instruction in a subject. Here he reveals some commonly misguided strategies students use in trying to understand a topic, and why traditional-teaching approaches often fail.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-02-874018-8 (9780028740188)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
06/2008
1st Edition
Free Press
€13.84
Available for download
Person
David Perkins, Ph.D., is co-director of Harvard Project Zero, one of the foremost research centers in the country on children’s learning, and a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.