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Mentoring Programs – How Effective Are They?
Whether it’s parents, teachers, coaches, or family friends, there’s no question that adults serve as powerful role models for youth as they transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. Mentoring programs across the United States
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Babies are smarter than you think
CNN: In the past 30 years we’ve learned that babies and young children know more and learn more than we would ever have thought possible. Philosophers and psychologists, even the great Swiss child-development theorist Jean
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42nd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society
The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society will be held May 31-June 2, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. The theme will be Rethinking Cognitive Development. For more information visit: http://www.piaget.org/conference.html
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Resilience in Children
Silvia Koller’s research focuses on children who have experienced homelessness, sexual abuse, or familial violence. Koller explores the impact of these circumstances on psychological development, and uses this information to better characterize the concept of
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IQ Isn’t Set In Stone, Suggests Study That Finds Big Jumps, Dips In Teens
NPR: For as long as there’s been an IQ test, there’s been controversy over what it measures. Do IQ scores capture a person’s intellectual capacity, which supposedly remains stable over time? Or is the Intelligent
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As Brain Changes, So Can IQ
The Wall Street Journal: A teenager’s IQ can rise or fall as many as 20 points in just a few years, a brain-scanning team found in a study published Wednesday that suggests a young person’s
