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Wheeler reports on findings that "Speaking two languages confers lifelong cognitive rewards that spread far beyond the improved ability to communicate" (¶1), and "The chief benefit of being bilingual is stronger 'executive control,' ... the chief building block of higher thought" (¶5).
Wheeler, David L. (2011). Being bilingual: beneficial workout for the brain. <i>Chronicle of Higher Education</i>, Research: February 20, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011. from http://chronicle.com/article/Being-Bilingual-Beneficial/126462/
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Holger mentioned three kinds of trust:
1) <i>affect-based</i> – "influenced by the first visual expression we have, plus the additional information we get from our other senses" (¶2);
2) <i>cognition-based</i> – derived from analysis of personal info. and behavior (¶3); and
3) <i>swift</i> – derived from observation of "team members’ behavior while working on joint projects" (¶4).
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In this interview by Steve Hargedon (Tuesday, August 10th, 2010), Charles Fadel "review[s] the basic mechanisms [of learning] (physiological and cognitive) ... [and] address[es] understanding (the 5 C's: Context, Caring, Construction, Competence, Community). He ... also cover[s] issues of plasticity, timeliness, interdependence of dualities and various socio-cultural differences, as well as applications to multimodal learning, and how to evaluate interactivity" (Detail[ed] Description, ¶1, retrieved 2010.08.18).\n \n
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