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APRIL 7, 2022

From an early age, the children living in this multicultural city are exposed to a number of languages at home, in their preschools, and in their communities. These schools can focus on your mother tongue, English, as well as other languages that your child might be interested in acquiring. A Boost in Cognitive Development.

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APRIL 12, 2024

In response to research claims that Logo, a programming language for children, didn’t work for learning, Papert wrote: This [technocentric] tendency shows up in questions like “what is the effect of the computer on cognitive development?” Papert diagnosed this issue back in 1987. or “does LOGO work?”

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Source: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Academic development is represented by the content areas required on the path toward a high school diploma (e.g., math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art). Cognitive development includes skills like those involved in memory and processing information.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Cognitive, motor, language and social skills, among others, are beginning to develop as children learn about their world, learn how to communicate and start to make friends. It’s about evaluating the quality of the experience and setting healthy limits, which Jennings says can be challenging for parents and caregivers.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

These creative coding projects took place during Family Coding Day , a free event hosted by the DevTech Research Group at Tufts University, which is dedicated to designing and evaluating technologies that promote young children’s learning and development. The event first started as a community outreach initiative for DevTech in 2016.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Constructionism,” a term Seymour coined in the mid-’80s in connection with the academic work on LOGO, (the children’s computer programming language) and the education movement it spawned, became the basis for our work together at the MIT Media Lab (described in a book we published in 1991). Seymour’s genius goes far beyond the academic.

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