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I think most parents with large household libraries are probably pretty bright. And most kids from pretty bright parents are pretty bright too. You could fill
by JamesBarney 8y ago
I think most parents with large household libraries are probably pretty bright. And most kids from pretty bright parents are pretty bright too.
You could fill a library with all the studies that tried to improve people's lives through increased reading. And none of them replicated in large way.
- simplemts 8y agoYou should check out '30 million words'. It's a book about the importance of spoken language on young minds, and books may be a means. Fascinating data in it.
- toomuchtodo 8y agohttps://smile.amazon.com/Thirty-Million-Words-Building-Childs/dp/0525954872 https://smile.amazon.com/Thirty-Million-Words-Building-Child...
- JamesBarney 8y agoBefore I invest the time.and money in buying a book. How did they deal with the confounds? And was there a study on the intervention you could point me to? Reading the summary of the book on Amazon, the experiments looked pretty confounded and it didn't mention any successful interventions.