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...over the past 20 years or so they have been largely set aside by a new generation of "nativist" psychologists and cognitive scientists whose more sophisticated experiments led them to theorize that infants arrive already equipped with some knowledge of the physical world and even rudimentary programming for math and language. Babylab director Sylvain Sirois has been putting these smart-baby theories through a rigorous set of tests. His conclusions so far tend to be more Piagetian: "Babies," he says, "know squat...
Democratic leaders in the House want the Senate to act first, in the hope that if enough Republicans vote against the President's plan in the Senate, it will make G.O.P. members in the House more comfortable about breaking with Bush. Democratic strategists know that, given the electoral math of the 2008 election, the political climate is dire for Senate Republicans. G.O.P. Senators can little afford to support their President on a policy opposed by more than 60% in most polls. A year from now, Senate Republicans will have to defend 21 of the seats they currently hold, compared with...
...much will you owe if you return a Lamont reserve book 47 years from today? $4,944.12: Pretty steep price for that two-page response paper, eh? THE MATH: 2 cents per minute x 60 minutes/hour x 24 hours/day x 365 days/per nonleap year=105.12 2 cents per minute x 60 minutes/hour x 24 hours/day x 365 days/per leap year=105.14 105.41 x 12 leap years=1264.92 105.12 x 35 non-leap years=3679.20 $4,944.12 for the next 47 years...
...work completely out of the way would allow for a legitimate winter break.While not all students attend class during reading period, almost all foreign language classes do hold mandatory sessions during at least the first week. The current schedule discourages students from taking foreign language courses or other math or science courses that require attendance during reading period. Moving reading period before break would provide a more equal winter vacation for all students in the College, ensuring that no one’s winter break is cut short because of the courses in which they’re enrolled. Although...
...Math Wars" [Nov. 27]: I have a novel idea for how to end the controversy over mathematics education. Ever hear of 2+2 = 4, 6x3 = 18? Maybe if we were to go back to the "Stone Age" of teaching arithmetic, then our children would have the basic skills and be able to compete internationally. Instead our children are not becoming literate in math. How many teenage store clerks are capable of making change? There are already math lessons that have been passed down for thousands of years. Why don't we go back to using them? Let's make...