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Despite American education's mania for standardized tests, testing misses what matters most about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Susan Engel offers a highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how educators can put curiosity at the center of the classroom.

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    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 01/02/2018
    ISBN13: 9780674984110, 978-0674984110
    ISBN10: 0674984110
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    Cognitivism, cognitive theory Philosophy and theory of education Psychology

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    Book Synopsis
    Despite American education's mania for standardized tests, testing misses what matters most about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Susan Engel offers a highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how educators can put curiosity at the center of the classroom.

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