How Children Acquire Academic Skills Without Formal Instruction
How Children Acquire Academic Skills Without Formal Instruction Children who grow up in a literate and numerate environment do not need to be taught how to read or how to use numbers to calculate. In…
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How Children Acquire Academic Skills Without Formal Instruction
Children who grow up in a literate and numerate environment do not need to be taught how to read or how to use numbers to calculate. In this collection of essays, developmental psychologist Peter Gray presents the evidence that this is so. They pick these skills up in the course of their everyday living.
In addition, in one essay he describes the difference between Self-Directed Education and progressive education, and in another he presents evidence refuting the claim that children lose academic skills during summer vacation from school (the so-called "summer slide"). He also presents evidence that teaching-especially when it is forced and comes too early-can interfere with children's learning to read and calculate. This book is especially valuable for parents who are thinking of opting out of standard schooling for their children but are concerned about their children's acquisition
Headway Academic Skills
Academic Skills Handbook
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