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"Easy-to-Use Literacy Lessons that are Fun and Meaningful" with Barbara Culatta

29m · Seek Learning · 26 Apr 21:00

Barbara Culatta, PhD
Professor Emerita, Brigham Young University
Director, Project SEEL
SEEL website: https://education.byu.edu/seel

“Kids who are playing are learning. The positive emotion activates perception, attention, and memory - all cognitive processes that are necessary for learning.”


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