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Success is not enough: differences between children & chimpanzees

Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Abstract: 

Contrasting the way chimps and young children learn gives an insight into a stage, most noticeable about the time children start school, when earlier ‘success’ is followed by ‘failure’ at the same tasks. When success comes again, it is a huge jump ahead of the best a chimpanzee can manage. Junior school maths, physics and language examples are explained.

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