Written language skills predict competence in science
In accordance with what I suggested earlier—that having a complex writing system makes for smarter citizens—some new longitudinal research has come out of Finland showing that children's emergent literacy skills correspond to later mastery in science, technology, engineering and math. On the other hand, "children with strong oral language skills were no…
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