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Whether you are helping a child grow intellectually or you’re thinking about your own language skills, is your strategy to leave behind the apparently frivolous thrills of storytelling for non-fiction? If so, you may want to rethink this strategy.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Raymond A. Mar from York University shares how four separate studies based on data with almost 1,000 young adults found that “reading fiction was the stronger and more consistent predictor of language skills compared to reading non-fiction.”
He advocates fostering “a love for fiction in children, to promote the healthy habit of reading stories for pleasure as early as possible.”
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The growth of benefits derived from reading for pleasure starts young.
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Raymond A. Mar, York University, Canada
Verbal abilities provide benefits in school and in one’s career. Fostering a love for stories and fiction in children should be a high priority.
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A Russian military intercontinental ballistic missile launcher rolls by during the 2019 Victory Day military parade celebrating the end of the Second World War in Red Square in Moscow in May 2019.
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Alexander Hill, University of Calgary
The sort of scenarios that might lead to the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war would require a significant deterioration in Russian fortunes — and greater western involvement in the conflict.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver a speech at the Kremlin in Moscow, April 26, 2022.
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Stéphane G. Lévesque, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Arthur Chapman, UCL
‘Vlad the mad’ psychological analyses don’t help us understand Russia’s war. Historians gain insights by examining the enabling and determining factors behind why conflicts erupt.
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Food prescriptions provide patients with vouchers that can be spent on fruits and vegetables.
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Matthew Little, University of Victoria; Eleah Stringer, University of Victoria; Warren Dodd, University of Waterloo
Food security is crucial to disease prevention and management, so prescribing healthy foods and reducing barriers to better diets makes sense. But food prescriptions should not be immune to scrutiny.
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Maple syrup contains bioactive molecules whose benefits go far beyond the simple pleasure of a sweet treat.
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Sébastien Cardinal, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR); Amy McMackin, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
Apart from being a jewel of Canada’s culinary heritage, maple syrup has a complex chemical constitution.
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Depuis mars 2020, le Canada a vu émerger l’enseignement virtuel synchrone et asynchrone dans le milieu scolaire.
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Isabelle Carignan, Université TÉLUQ ; Charlette Ménard, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT); Joanie Viau, Université TÉLUQ ; Marie-Christine Beaudry, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Steve Bissonnette, Université TÉLUQ
Pour que les élèves apprennent réellement, il faut revenir à l’essentiel : les cahiers d’exercices papier-crayon, le tableau blanc effaçable et l’enseignement explicite.
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Ukraine Invasion
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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham; Tatyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy
May 9 this year is 'no victory day' as Putin has little to show after 74 days of aggression against Ukraine.
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Arts
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Janna Thompson, La Trobe University
Julian Barnes’ 'Elizabeth Finch' is an unrequited love story and a philosophical novel that asks how we understand ourselves and others.
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Business + Economy
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M. K. Chin, Indiana University
Florida Republicans’ war on Disney is only the latest example of the GOP’s being at odds with a company that has historically backed the party.
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Environment + Energy
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Freya Womersley, University of Southampton; David Sims, University of Southampton
World’s largest fish is struggling to navigate crowded ocean highways, a new study suggests.
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