Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.

We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first.

We have so much to cover and so little time to cover it. Howard Gardner refers to curriculum coverage as the single greatest enemy of understanding. Think instead about ideas to be discovered.

Whoever said there's no such thing as a stupid question never looked carefully at a standardized test.

Non-cooperative approaches, by contrast, almost always involve duplication of effort, since someone working independently must spend time and skills on problems that already have been encountered and overcome by someone else. A technical hitch, for example, is more likely to be solved quickly and imaginatively if scientists (including scientists from different countries) pool their talents rather than compete against one another.

Trying to be number one and trying to do a task well are two different things.

The Legacy of Behaviorism: Do this and you'll get that.