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SILC Press for 2011

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♦ Press coverage for SILC generated research on: Children’s spatial thinking: Does talk about the spatial world matter? by Shannon M. Pruden, Susan C. Levine (Co-PI) and Janellen Huttenlocher. [DOI]. Retrieved March 28, 2012:

1. Using words like big and small teaches infants spatial skills (The Telegraph)   
2. Study: Early spatial term use important (UPI.com)   
3. Talking About Size, Shape May Aid Math Skills (US News and World Report)   
4. Study: Early spatial term use important (dalje.com)   
5. Talking About Size, Shape May Aid Math Skills (DoctorsLounge)   
6. Big, Little, Tall and Tiny: Words That Promote Important Spatial Skills (vAdvert.co.uk)   
7. Specific words can promote spatial skills in kids (ummid.com)   
8. Specific words can promote spatial skills in kids (Daily News and Analysis)   
9. Learning spatial terms improves children's spatial skills (HealthCanal.com)   
10. Learning spatial terms improves children's spatial skills (MedicalXpress)   
11. Big, Little, Tall and Tiny: Words That Promote Important Spatial Skills (nsf.gov)   
12. Learning words about size, shape may improve spatial skills in kids (News Track India)   
13. Children Latch On To Parents Vocabulary Of Spatial Words (redOrbit)   
14. Learning spatial terms improves children's spatial skills (Science Codex)   
15. Big, Little, Tall and Tiny: Learning Spatial Terms Improves Children's Spatial Skills (Science Daily)   
16. Words that enhance spatial skills in kids (The Times of India)   
17. Learning words about size, shape may improve spatial skills in kids (truthdive)   
18. Kids' spatial skills improve if exposed to certain words (msn news)   
19. Article: Kids' Spatial Skills Improve When Parents Use Certain Words (LiveScience)   
20. Parents: Your Words Matter: Hearing talk about the spatial world improves children’s problem solving (Psychology Today)   
21. ‘Small’ talk improves kids’ spatial skills (Futurity)   
22. Learning shapes early helps with maths (health24)   

♦ (12/27/2011). Building blocks help kids learn. CNN, Breaking News Videos. Retrieved January 4, 2012. Description of the video from the website: Susan Hendricks reports on a study that finds kids who play with blocks do better in the sciences later in life.

♦ Leopold, Wendy (10/20/2011). Obama Taps Hedges for Key Education Post: Larry Hedges nominated to National Board for Education Sciences. Northwestern University Newscenter. Retrieved October 25, 2011. Larry Hedges is a SILC Co-PI.

♦ Demski, Jennifer (9/12/11). Map Quests. The Journal: Transforming Education through Technology. Retrieved September 15, 2011. The article highlights the research of SILC Faculty Member, Bob Kolvoord and the Geospatial Semester Program.

♦  Press coverage for SILC-generated research on: Number without a language model by Elizabeth Spaepen, Marie Coppola, Elizabeth S. Spelke, Susan E. Carey and Susan Goldin-Meadow (Co-PI). On line in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), [DOI] February 7, 2011.Retrieved February 8, 2011.

1. Without language, numbers make no sense    
2. Sign language may play an important role in learning numbers   
3. Words help people form mathematical concepts   
4. Words help people form mathematical concepts (Medical News Today)   
5. Words help people form mathematical concepts (with Video) (Physorg.com)      Archived Webpage with video
6. Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers   
7. Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers (NSF PR)   
8. Language important for Learning Meaning of Numbers (Softpedia)   
9. Taal onmisbaar bij leren tellen   
10. Words help people form mathematical concepts (Machines Like Us)   
11. Words help people form mathematical concepts (e!Science)   
12. Words help people form mathematical concepts (ScienceBlog)   
13. Words help people form mathematical concepts (innovations report)   
14. Zahlen sind nur durch Sprache zu begreifen   

Retrieved February 9, 2011:

15. Sprache ist der Schlüssel zur Mathematik   
16. Eine Sprache ohne Zahlen   
17. Die ethischen Banken boomen   
18. Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers (Sourcews.com)
19. Sprachlos und zahllos   
20. Language may play key role in learning meanings of numbers (B4Uindia.com)   
21. El lenguaje ayuda a entender las Matemáticas   
22. Language Essential For Understanding Large Numbers   
23. Study: Math Skills Rely on Language, Not Just Logic (with Video)      Link for video
24. Words help people form mathematical concepts (PsyPost)   
25. Language may play important role in learning the meanings of numbers (Scientific Computing)   
26. Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers (WebWire)   
27. Language may play key role in learning meanings of numbers (NewsTrackIndia)   
28. Words Make Sense of Numbers   
29. Number without a language model (2010)   
30. Language's Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers   
31. Zahlenverständnis braucht Zahlwörter   
32. Angka Matematika Lebih Dari Tiga Butuh Bahasa   
33. Without Language, Large Numbers Don't Add Up (NPR: Morning Edition)      MP3 file

Retrieved February 10, 2011:

34. Counting may be cultural, not innate   
35. Numbers make no sense to people who can't speak a language, scientists claim   
36. Study: Why language has more to do with math than you think   
37. Language, number concepts seen as linked   
38. Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers (BrightSurf.com)   
39. Language is necessary to understand numbers, study finds   
40. Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers (WebNewsWire)   

Retrieved April 7, 2011:

41. Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers (Science Magazine)   

♦  Hilary Hurd Anyaso (Posting Date: January 19, 2011). The More You Know A Place, The More Likely Your Memory Will Play Spatial Tricks. Medical News Today. David Uttal (SILC Faculty Member) and Alinda Friedman (SILC Spatial Network Member) are quoted in this article. Retrieved January 27, 2011 from:
   website link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/214016.php
   Archived webpage   

♦  Ramirez, G. and Beilock, S. L. (2011). Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom. Science, 331(14:6014), 211-213. Retrieved January 13, 2011 from:
   website link: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6014/211.full?sid=445fc5b0-2bcc-4567-affa-330cfa5aa9eb
   DOI: /10.1126/science.1199427   

♦  Research from our researchers that was done before our SILC project began that supports our SILC theme of malleability has been chosen for inclusion in the 25th Anniversary Virtual Issue of Applied Cognitive Psychology: 25 years of Applied Cognitive Psychology:
Durable and generalized effects of spatial experience on mental rotation: Gender differences in growth patterns by M. S. Terlecki, N. S. Newcombe (PI), & M. Little (2008). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22, 996–1013 with commentary (pages S253–S271).