Re: What's "Developmentally Appropriate"?

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Richard Hake wrote:
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> recently heard privately from computers-in-education pioneer Alan Kay
> (1991) [see <http://www.viewpointsresearch.org/alan.html> and  VRI
> (2003)], a member of the NRC's Committee on Undergraduate Science
> Education (CUSE) responsible for the McCray et al. (2003) report.
>
> Kay wrote (quoted by permission; bracketed by lines "KKKKKKKKK. . . ."):
>
> KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
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> ... For example, I have observed a very
> talented 1st grade teacher - Julia Nishijima - teach the deep ideas
> of the differential and integral calculus to her 6 year olds with
> 100% success.


        Wow!  Does anyone know what "success" meansin this context?

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> Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
> 24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
> <rrhake@earthlink.net>
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                        Regards,
                                Jack

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