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Download full textDiaz, Rafael M. – 1985
While early research suggests that bilingualism creates a language handicap in individuals, more recent and methodologically better research clearly supports the advantages of bilingualism in promoting overall cognitive development. Three major explanations for this improved development are proposed: that (1) the bilingual-bicultural child…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Development
Schaffer, Marilyn C.; Loomis, Louise – 1980
Researchers have concluded that the continued debate over the heredity-environment issue concerning the nature of intelligence is nonproductive. Recent evidence demonstrates that intellectual abilities can be improved with practice. Heredity may determine upper limits of abilities within individuals, but there is considerable room left for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cultural Context, Grade 9
