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Research reveals surprising results about kids' capacity for scientific literacy
March 11, 2014
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It turns out kids can understand complex scientific concepts--like natural selection--beyond what anyone would have expected. To demonstrate this, Boston University cognitive developmental psychologist Deborah Kelemen and her co-researchers created a 10-page picture storybook about pilosas, a group of fictional mammals with long trunks.Full StorySource
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