Cognitive psychologists, the same professionals who create SAT test questions, have learned more about the workings of the human brain over the last 25 years, than the preceding 3,000 years. More interestingly, according to Daniel Willingham, a cognitive psychologist who currently teaches at the University of Virginia, and is the author of Why Don’t Students Like School, there are actually nine principles absolutely “fundamental to the mind’s operation that …do not change as circumstances change.” (p. 1, Why Don’t Students Like School, Daniel Willingham, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 2009) He serves up these principles, giving each its own chapter.