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The Hungry Mind

Hardcover • 2015 • 1. edition

The Hungry Mind

By Susan Engel

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About the book

Despite American education's recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Curiosity is vital, but it remains a surprisingly understudied characteristic. The Hungry Mind is a deeply researched, highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be fostered in school.Children naturally possess an active interest in knowing more about the world aroun...Show more

Cognitivism, cognitive theory

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ISBN

9780674736757

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2015

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1

Original title

The Hungry Mind

Format

Hardcover

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