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Marginal Revolution: Scientific hypotheses from 1956 - 0 views
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This article was from the Guardian: Intelligence tests recently carried out among more than a thousand children in Wolverhampton schools appear to show a striking and quite unexpected increase in the mental capacity of children born since 1945. A psychiatrist concerned in the tests has suggested that the most probable hypothesis to account for this change is the effect on the brain of the increase in "background radio-activity". For the pointer I thank Michelle Dawson.
In Math You Have to Remember... - 5 views
forskning.no > Skepsis til baseskoler - 3 views
Småkongedømme - magasinet - Dagbladet.no - 0 views
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Løsningen handler ikke om barneoppdragelse. Den handler om å gjøre det klart for foreldrene at barn har bruk for voksen styring og at det er helt OK at voksnes følelser, vilje og behov også skal ha plass rundt bordet. De har såpass bruk for dette at dårlig ledelse er bedre enn ingenting. I den omtalte familien var treåringen familiens sjef. Det tar alle parter skade av.
DeliberatePractice(PsychologicalReview).pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views
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The theoretical framework presented in this article explains expert performance as the end result of individuals' prolonged efforts to improve performance while negotiating motivational and external constraints. In most domains of expertise, individuals begin in their childhood a regimen of effortful activities (deliberate practice) designed to optimize improvement. Individual differences, even among elite performers, are closely related to assessed amounts of deliberate practice. Many characteristics once believed to reflect innate talent are actually the result of intense practice extended for a minimum of 10 years. Analysis of expert performance provides unique evidence on the potential and limits of extreme environmental adaptation and learning.
Facebook's friendship trap | Eleanor Mills - Times Online - 0 views
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study by the Mental Health Foundation, which blamed high levels of loneliness among young people on their use of virtual, rather than real, communication. Dubbed the "Eleanor Rigby generation", those aged 18-34 (84% of whom use the internet regularly) are the most likely to be lonely, according to the report. And 31% admitted that they spent too much time online rather than face to face.
forskning.no > Mener hjernetrim nytter - 0 views
forskning.no > - La lærere være lærere! - 2 views
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Hagfors bruker også naturen mye. En seinsommerdag skulle elevene ut og lage vafler på bål, for å oppleve bokstaven V. Hagfors hadde laget en liten "butikk" hvor hver vaffel kostet ti bær. (Foto: Therese Hagfors) - Elevene plukket bærene og tredde dem på strå. Etter en stund fant de ut at de kunne sette inn et umodent tyttebær for hvert tiende blåbær, for å skille tiergruppene fra hverandre. Det ble nok bær til tre hele tiergrupper, og noen få til. - Dette får vi tre vafler for, sa barna. - Kanskje fire, hvis du er snill, la de håpefullt til, forteller Hagfors.