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Remembering Jerome Bruner
A series of tributes to Jerome “Jerry” Bruner, who died in 2016 at the age of 100, reflects the seminal contributions that led him to be known as the founder of the cognitive revolution.
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Internet Use in Class Tied to Lower Test Scores
Students who surfed the web in a college course had lower scores on the final exam than did those who didn’t go online.
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6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education
NPR: Brains, brains, brains. One thing we’ve learned at NPR Ed is that people are fascinated by brain research. And yet it can be hard to point to places where our education system is really
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A Lesson For Preschools: When It’s Done Right, The Benefits Last
NPR: Is preschool worth it? Policymakers, parents, researchers and us, at NPR Ed, have spent a lot of time thinking about this question. We know that most pre-kindergarten programs do a good job of improving
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Grammar school entrance exams undermined by study showing how children learn
Independent: A new psychological study has cast doubt both on the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” and claims that entrance exams for selective schools can accurately determine a child’s “true potential”. …
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SRCD Call for Letters of Intent for Two New Programs Focusing on State Early Childhood Policy
The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is seeking letters of intent for two new State Policy Programs that it will be piloting in 2017–2018: the Pre-doctoral State Policy Scholars Program in Early Learning, funded by the Bill
