Daniel T. Willingham
Cognitive psychologist and education author
Daniel T. Willingham is an American psychologist and University of Virginia professor who studies how cognitive science can improve K-12 education.
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American Born 1961
About Daniel T. Willingham
Willingham graduated from Duke University in 1983 and earned a PhD in cognitive psychology from Harvard University in 1990. He has taught at the University of Virginia since 1992. His early research centered on the brain basis of learning and memory, and he later turned to applying cognitive psychology to K-12 education. He is known for promoting teaching methods backed by evidence, and for challenging unsupported ideas such as learning styles. He has written the “Ask the Cognitive Scientist” column for American Educator magazine. His books include the best-selling Why Don’t Students Like School?, When Can You Trust the Experts? and Outsmart Your Brain. He holds fellow status with the Association for Psychological Science and with the American Psychological Association.