Tag: Kurt Fischer

  • Campus & Community

    Around the Schools: Harvard Graduate School of Education

    Harvard University students have launched the first collegiate Sarah Jane Brain Club, to explore issues surrounding pediatric traumatic brain injury, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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  • Science & Tech

    ‘Usable Knowledge’ Web site delivers research to educators

    The Harvard Graduate School of Education on Dec. 6, 2006, launched a new Web site aimed at connecting the research of its faculty with educators in the field. The Usable Knowledge Web site features a diverse set of media – text, video, and audio – to make the leading research of its faculty accessible to…

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  • Science & Tech

    Reserved children more likely to be violent than their outgoing peers

    Kurt Fischer from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Brandeis’ Malcolm Watson tracked 440 children and adolescents over seven years to determine what causes children to become aggressive and violent. They found that two characteristics strongly predict the development of aggression. Violence in the home, including physical parental punishment, was the strongest predictor of…

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