The Learning Brain

by Torkel Klingberg

Book Overview

Despite all our highly publicized efforts to improve our schools, the United States is still falling behind. We recently ranked 15th in the world in reading, math, and science. Clearly, more needs to be done. In The Learning Brain, Torkel Klingberg urges us to use the insights of neuroscience to improve the education of our children.

The key to improving education lies in understanding how the brain works: that is where learning takes place,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199917108
• ISBN13: 9780199917105
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"