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Should We Change Our Views about Early Childhood Education?
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Schliefer, Michael – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
Claims in "The Bell Curve" that Head Start and other early intervention programs are a failure and a waste of funds depend on a notion of cognitive ability reduced to IQ. They ignore other studies that demonstrate the success of such programs and that, consistent with Piagetian views, recognize the interrelationships of cognitive,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Early Intervention