Though a few years have passed since its publication, I still consider this to be one of the best books on learning ever produced. The detailed analysis of expert knowledge and its numerous implications for instruction make this must-reading for educators.

The Jossey-Bass Reader onthe Brain and Learning The potentials of brain science for education are indeed enormous. But realizing them requires building a new interdisciplinary science that explicitly links brain science and education . . . educators need to know about brain science, and scientists need to know about education. --Kurt Fischer and Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, from the Introduction Thi ...