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Seven Ways for Young Children to Be Smart
Early childhood professionals have always looked at the whole picture when considering children's intelligence. ...
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children
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Two Ways of Knowing
Socrates, the founder of the inductive method (Watson, 1978), was a master at analytical reasoning. Plato, his student, ...
Source: Visual Spatial Resource Center
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Developmental Trends: Intelligence at Different Age Levels
Infancy (Birth–2)What You Might Observe: Success on test items that involve early developmental ...
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Measures of Intelligence
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon, commissioned by the French government to devise a test that would differentiate ...
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IQ and School Achievement
Scores on intelligence tests were originally calculated using a formula that involves division. Hence, they were called ...
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Twelve Tips For Creating a Positive Home Environment
How do parents achieve positive home environments? According to Watson, children who are cuddled and communicated ...
Source: Education.com
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Five Tips to Create Family Cohesiveness
How can parents achieve this family unity and still create independent children? “Dr. Mom” believes in ...
Source: Education.com
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Ten Steps to Create a Vision for Building Your Child's Future
In her book, Purposeful Parenting: Strategies for Raising Children Who Achieve, Dr. Rose T. Watson, or “Dr. ...
Source: Education.com
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Musical Intelligence
"Of all the gifts with which individuals may be endowed, none emerges earlier than musical talent" (Gardner, ...
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Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner concedes that a general factor may very well exist in intelligence, but he questions its usefulness in ...
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Can Jumping Help Your Kids Learn Math?
We know that physical education is key to controlling childhood obesity, but can it also help your child keep focus?
Source: Education.com
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Developing Metacognition
Metacognition is thinking about thinking, knowing "what we know" and "what we don't know." Just as ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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IQ Testing: What's it All About?
Your child breezes through books normally preferred by kids a few years older. She's a fast learner and the most common...
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Why Are First Graders So Competitive?
Ever notice that first grade is full of kids jumping over each other to be the best, the first, the smartest and the...
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Problem-Solving Strategies: Algorithms and Heuristics
Some problems can be successfully solved by following specific, step-by-step instructions—that is, by using an...
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Observation Guidelines: Recognizing Intrinsic Motivation in Children's Behaviors
Inquisitiveness Look For: Eagerness to explore and learn Fascination with objects, other people, or both Frequent...
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Factors That Influence Intelligence Scores
The originators of intelligence tests believed that they were assessing general intellectual competency that predicted...
