"What the teacher wants me to say is more important than what I want to say." «If I get too far behind, I will never catch up.» «What I'm learning doesn't have much to do with my life, but it isn't supposed to—it's school.» These are just some of the many pernicious axioms that keep students from achieving to their potential. In Breaking Free from Myths About Teaching and Learning, Allison Zmuda analyzes and promptly dispels these and other harmful untruths that have...
