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...course, that’s not to say that there aren’t other schools that do a far superior job to Harvard at fostering interaction among students and professors. One of the advantages of attending a small college like Williams or Amherst is that professors assign and grade all assignments, lead discussions, and interact with students outside of the classroom on a regular basis. At Williams, 40 faculty members and administrators are even habitual members of intramural sports teams...
Mindstorm NXT isn't your typical Lego set. Equipped with a 32-bit computer as well as USB 2.0 and Bluetooth interfaces, it lets you build robots that walk, talk and interact with their environment. Available in August...
There's a lesson there for any parent who wants to encourage early learning. Most experts agree that what matters most is not what toy the baby plays with but the ways in which you interact with your child. "There's no question that the experiences a child has in its first year are crucial for cognitive, emotional and physical development," says Lise Eliot, a neuroscientist at Chicago Medical School and author of What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life. "But the good news is none of this...
...course, parents don't have to learn sign language to be active participants in their babies' development. For the past 20 years, New York University developmental psychologist Catherine Tamis-LeMonda has been observing babies as they interact with parents in "naturalistic" environments?at home, running errands, going about their everyday lives?to see how adult involvement affects language acquisition. Through longitudinal studies, she's documented that the more parents respond to babies' cries, expressions and articulations, the earlier the children will talk and the more advanced their language skills will be at age 5. Parents who respond to babies' cues?...
Burns said that he hoped the fellows will interact with students beyond the formal study groups—to which the fellows are “contractually obligated”—as the past semester’s fellows...