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...holds out a tantalizing possibility that one day a cure may be as simple as flicking that switch in reverse. Cohen Kadosh hopes the result will allow scientists to develop a diagnostic tool for dyscalculia based on neuroimaging. Identifying children with developmental dyscalculia would let parents intervene earlier to teach important math concepts, just as they can intervene today to help dyslexic children read better...
...seen, for how long it lasts, and how generalizable it is to everyday cognition, are questions that remain to be answered.”James P. Gee, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of such books as “What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy” and “Why Video Games are Good for Your Soul,” has contributed an article for the first issue of the Review. He believes that we can learn a tremendous amount from video games.“Good commercial...
...fewer than 10 proposed changes to the legislation in the course of the three remaining regular Faculty meetings on the schedule for this spring. Another amendment calls for the new general education program to encourage study in languages other than English. “[Gen ed] aims to teach students to be citizens to the world,” said Virginie Greene, professor of Romance languages and literatures, who co-authored the amendment with Werner Sollors, the Cabot professor of English Literature and of African and African American Studies. “We have to take account in general education...
Before we teach the�Christian Bible to high school students, we should consider the effect on students who hold different faiths or no faith at all. I am not a Christian, so I know firsthand the exclusion that follows from not being like everyone else. Schools should focus first on teaching the rules of logic. Perhaps then a variety of religions could be taught without fear that a minority of students would be abused by fellow students and teachers...
Europe has a chance to teach Iran’s magnanimous president that actions like this will have consequences, both in terms of trade and nuclear ambitions. Although it is hard to argue for less economic profits and tougher diplomacy, decisive action now is not just about seducing a specific, key constituency for the EU future, but also about proving the organization’s ideological relevance for the future. That is a crucial step toward realizing the last line of the EU 50th birthday declaration: Britons included, and despite the English Channel, “Europe is our common...