Daniel T. Willingham is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling book, Why Don't Students Like School?, was hailed as "a triumph" by The Washington Post and "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal; it is recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs and is published in ten languages. Willingham writes a regular column called "Ask the Cognitive Scientist" for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator.

• About the Author xiAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction: What are You to Believe? 1Part One Why We So Easily Believe Bad ScienceChapter 1 Why Smart People Believe Dumb Things 31Chapter 2 Science and Belief: A Nervous Romance 57Chapter 3 What Scientists Call Good Science 81Chapter 4 How to Use Science 107Part Two The Shortcut SolutionChapter 5 Step One: Strip It and Flip It 135Chapter 6 Step Two: Trace It 167Chapter 7 Step Three: Analyze It 183Chapter 8 Step Four: Should I Do It? 207Endnotes 223Name Index 237Subject Index 243

"Parents increasingly come face-to-face with important educational decisions that they feel ill prepared to make. Whether they are choosing among schools, math programs or early interventions for a learning disability, this book will help them figure out which options are backed by the best science. (Recommended)"—Scientific American"By my bedtable is Dan Willingham's new book, When Can You Trust the Experts?... This is help we all can use, from one of the most sensible guys around."—John Merrow, The Huffington Post"A brilliant new book... Willingham presents a 'short cut' to assessing the value of a given idea—a set of four steps that will be useful to anyone sizing up an unfamiliar concept.  I’ve read Willingham’s book and I recommend it highly!"—Annie Murphy Paul

Daniel T. Willingham is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling book, Why Don't Students Like School?, was hailed as "a triumph" by The Washington Post and "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal; it is recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs and is published in ten languages. Willingham writes a regular column called "Ask the Cognitive Scientist" for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator.

• About the Author xiAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction: What are You to Believe? 1Part One Why We So Easily Believe Bad ScienceChapter 1 Why Smart People Believe Dumb Things 31Chapter 2 Science and Belief: A Nervous Romance 57Chapter 3 What Scientists Call Good Science 81Chapter 4 How to Use Science 107Part Two The Shortcut SolutionChapter 5 Step One: Strip It and Flip It 135Chapter 6 Step Two: Trace It 167Chapter 7 Step Three: Analyze It 183Chapter 8 Step Four: Should I Do It? 207Endnotes 223Name Index 237Subject Index 243

"Parents increasingly come face-to-face with important educational decisions that they feel ill prepared to make. Whether they are choosing among schools, math programs or early interventions for a learning disability, this book will help them figure out which options are backed by the best science. (Recommended)"—Scientific American"By my bedtable is Dan Willingham's new book, When Can You Trust the Experts?... This is help we all can use, from one of the most sensible guys around."—John Merrow, The Huffington Post"A brilliant new book... Willingham presents a 'short cut' to assessing the value of a given idea—a set of four steps that will be useful to anyone sizing up an unfamiliar concept.  I’ve read Willingham’s book and I recommend it highly!"—Annie Murphy Paul

Daniel T. Willingham is professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His bestselling book, Why Don't Students Like School?, was hailed as "a triumph" by The Washington Post and "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal; it is recommended by scores of education-related magazines and blogs and is published in ten languages. Willingham writes a regular column called "Ask the Cognitive Scientist" for the American Federation of Teachers' magazine, American Educator.

• About the Author xiAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction: What are You to Believe? 1Part One Why We So Easily Believe Bad ScienceChapter 1 Why Smart People Believe Dumb Things 31Chapter 2 Science and Belief: A Nervous Romance 57Chapter 3 What Scientists Call Good Science 81Chapter 4 How to Use Science 107Part Two The Shortcut SolutionChapter 5 Step One: Strip It and Flip It 135Chapter 6 Step Two: Trace It 167Chapter 7 Step Three: Analyze It 183Chapter 8 Step Four: Should I Do It? 207Endnotes 223Name Index 237Subject Index 243

"Parents increasingly come face-to-face with important educational decisions that they feel ill prepared to make. Whether they are choosing among schools, math programs or early interventions for a learning disability, this book will help them figure out which options are backed by the best science. (Recommended)"—Scientific American"By my bedtable is Dan Willingham's new book, When Can You Trust the Experts?... This is help we all can use, from one of the most sensible guys around."—John Merrow, The Huffington Post"A brilliant new book... Willingham presents a 'short cut' to assessing the value of a given idea—a set of four steps that will be useful to anyone sizing up an unfamiliar concept.  I’ve read Willingham’s book and I recommend it highly!"—Annie Murphy Paul