Powerful Classrooms

"Cognitive science is the study of thought, learning, and mental organization. It has roots in psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and computer modeling. For this book, the cognitive science research is drawn from basic laboratory studies and research conducted in K-12 and higher education classrooms. Over the past 10 years, research by cognitive scientists has been conducted nearly exclusively by author Patrice Bain's classroom and her colleagues. The evidence-informed strategies used by Bain has since been incorporated into many schools, and the mission of spreading these methods to teachers everywhere continues"--