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Survives the gold standardIndependent, durable, rigorousThe debunked shelfCheap winsFor parents at homeFamous numbers, deflatedWhere we admit ignoranceThe terrain
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Attainment falls steadily with age of first exposure, but the sharp critical period is contested and an earlier classroom start buys nothing durable: start young for immersion, not for two lessons a week.
mixedconf: mediumgc: medium14/1424/48
Is there a critical period for learning a second language, and when should a child start? · foreign-language · ages 4–18
What parents are asked to DO is the whole effect: tutoring a skill d≈1.15, listening to reading 0.51, reading aloud ~0.18 — same parent, same child. All deflate under better designs.
mixedconf: mediumgc: medium33/3336/48connected:Homeschool socialisationDoes homeschooling raise achievemeThe early home environmentTutoring
The parent as instructor — what survives when the person teaching is the person who raised the child · homeschool · ages 4–18 · method
Not yet assessed for this question · 6
- Does arts education raise academic achievement?
- Does learning to code improve general thinking?
- Can executive function be trained, and does it transfer to learning?
- Does teaching grammar improve children's writing?
- Does teaching movement transfer to cognition, achievement, or lifelong activity?
- Teaching students to think scientifically — does it transfer?
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