Wendy L Ostroff L Ostroff: 2 books
Understanding How Young Children Learn
Bringing the Science of Child Development to the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Human beings are born to learn. During the last few decades, developmental science has exploded with discoveries of how, specifically, learning happens. This provides us with an unprecedented window into children’s minds: how and when they begin to think, perceive, understand, and apply knowledge....
Cultivating Curiosity in K–12 Classrooms
How to Promote and Sustain Deep Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Curiosity comes from within—we just have to know how to unleash it.
We learn by engaging and exploring, asking questions and testing out answers. Yet our classrooms are not always places where such curiosity is encouraged and supported. Cultivating Curiosity in K–12 Classrooms describes...