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what was the original NYT article?
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I think it is time to raise the bar on the age of the target audience for these activities.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Tara Chklovski < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello!
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> this is in response to the NYT article on young scientists. We have
> been experimenting with doing open-ended engineering design projects
> with pre-schoolers and I think we have so little understanding of how
> these young minds are absorbing and assimilating. But one thing I can
> say for sure is that the research study in the NYT article is setting
> the bar deplorably low.
>
> Here is a blog post
> <
> http://iridescentlearning.blogspot.com/2012/07/little-engineers-and-pa
> rents-leap-pilot.html
> >about
> the projects we did with some pre-schoolers. We had the opportunity to
> follow these students and its amazing how much they retain from the
> sessions and how they are able to make connections.
>
> Tara
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