Joanne JacobsAug 22, 20182 minDigital readers crave excitmentShe cites cognitive scientist Daniel T. Willingham, author of The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads...
Joanne JacobsNov 11, 20171 minZen and the art of school dioramasIn the middle of an “Ask Polly” column on dating, Heather Havrilesky unleashed her hatred of “the never-ending scourage of dioramas . . ....
Joanne JacobsOct 17, 20172 minParents don’t see value of kids’ playParents value structured activities over free play, according to a Gallup survey, “despite research associating unstructured, child-led...
Joanne JacobsJun 20, 20171 minInternet isn’t rotting kids’ brainsThe Internet isn’t changing kids’ brains, writes cognitive scientist Daniel T. Willingham in an excerpt from The Reading Mind on...