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Dario Cvencek


November 2, 2015

Children’s self-esteem already established by age 5, new study finds

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By age 5 children have a sense of self-esteem comparable in strength to that of adults, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers.


September 30, 2015

Math and me: Children who identify with math get higher scores

How strongly children identify with math (their math “self-concept”) can be used to predict how high they will score on a standardized test of math achievement, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Washington.