Dr. Daniel Willingham
Parenting for Academic Success
January 3, 2012
5:00 p.m.
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Author and Professor, Daniel Willingham will host “Parenting for Academic Success" and discuss some of the research regarding the role of hard work, effort, and self-regulation as it applies to the academic setting and academic success. He also will share implications from this research for parenting practices that support the development of these desired qualities and dispositions in children.
Our presentation will begin 5:00 p.m., with light refreshments available afterward as well as a booksigning opportunity. Don’t forget: You’re invited to Bring a Friend and share this great event!
About Dan...
Daniel Willingham earned his B.A. from Duke University in 1983 and his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Harvard University in 1990. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. Until about 2000, his research focused solely on the brain basis of learning and memory. Today, all of his research concerns the application of cognitive psychology to K-12 education. He writes the "Ask the Cognitive Scientist" column for American Educator magazine and is an Associate Editor of Mind, Brain, and Education. He is also the author of Why Don't Students Like School? Dan has written many articles on Cognitive Processes and the Evaluation of Theories. His writing on education has been (or is being) translated into ten languages.
For more information about and tand to read some of hi published articles visit http://www.danielwillingham.com.
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