I talked about some of my favorite cross-cultural studies, by Saxe (1982, 1988), on the importance of context for studying mathematical thinking.
And we talked about neuroscience work coming out of various research groups, including Casey and Steinberg (plus check out work by my colleague, Chuck Geier), that helps to explain increases in risk taking in adolescence.
“The post This week in Adolescent Development: Cognition and Schools first appeared on Eva Lefkowitz’s blog on March 24, 2014.”