In the last 20 years, the cognitive sciences have revealed fresh, surprising, and useful insights into how and why our students learn. Teachers can now draw on psychology and neuroscience research to supplement, reconsider, even overturn our traditions and training. To use this research most wisely, teachers must find our way to an elusive Goldilocks Zone. Instead of resisting all research-based guidance, we should be ready to take it to hearteven when it challenges both our training and conventional wisdom Instead of accepting all research-based guidance, we should be ready to reject it emphaticallyespecially the hyped-up edu-fads that exaggerate and misinterpret psychology findings. How can we get this Goldilocks balancejust right? This book offers a specific, practical quest map to discover just such a balanceBy critically examining the source, the research, and ourselves, teachers can develop the skills necessary to be effective research skeptics. Written by a teacher wit