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‘Be Bold:’ Dacher Keltner highlights the importance of emotion and what it takes to be a leading psychologist.
The Beatles once said, “All you need is love,” but it doesn’t take long living a day in the life of a UC Berkeley student to realize that feelings are a lot more complicated than
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Books to Check Out: October 2016
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David; Avery, September 6, 2016. Psychology Led Astray: Cargo Cult in Science and Therapy by Tomasz Witkowski; Brown Walker Press, July 20
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Don’t Grade Schools on Grit
The New York Times: Philadelphia — THE Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once observed, “Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” Evidence has now accumulated in support of King’s proposition
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How helping kids with their math homework can make them worse off
Quartz: It’s understandable that parents worry about their children’s math performance, even at a very young age, and that they try to help. But they may need to start thinking about how they help; according
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Les devoirs de maths de votre enfant vous stressent? Ne l’aidez pas! (Your child’s math homework stresses you out? Don’t help!)
Slate.fr: Les maths vous donnent des sueurs froides? Posez ce stylo, cette calculatrice et éloignez-vous tout de suite de cet enfant. C’est, plus ou moins, la recommandation faite par les chercheurs de l’université de Chicago
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Square Root of Kids’ Math Anxiety: Their Parents’ Help
The New York Times: A common impairment with lifelong consequences turns out to be highly contagious between parent and child, a new study shows. The impairment? Math anxiety. Means of transmission? Homework help. Children of
