Child Cognitive Development and Education

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• Subject: Educational Psychology
  
• Subject:Cognition in children
  
• Subject: Piaget OR Author: Piaget
  
• Subject: Child development OR keyword: Vygotsky

Articles: EBSCOhost Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection: Subject: Piaget OR Vygotsky

Redistricting Debates

Jost, Kenneth. "Redistricting Debates: Will new reforms limit gerrymandering?" CQ Researcher 25 Feb. 2011: 169-192. The once-every-decade process of redrawing legislative and congressional districts is getting under way in state capitals around the country. To start, Sun Belt states will gain and Rust Belt states will lose seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. But win or lose, states have to redraw lines to make sure that legislative and congressional districts have equal populations and give fair opportunities to minority groups. The process is intensely political, with parties maneuvering for advantage and incumbents seeking to hold on to friendly territory. Republicans are in a good position after gaining control of legislatures in a majority of states last November. But demographic trends, especially the growth of Latino populations in some states, may limit the GOP's opportunities. In addition, California and Florida will be operating under new rules pushed by good-government groups that seek to limit “gerrymandering,” line-drawing for purely partisan reasons. After redistricting plans are completed, many will be challenged in court, where outcomes are difficult to predict.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Other articles:

EBSCOhost: (redistrict* or gerrymander*) and "united states"


ProQuest: (redistrict* or gerrymander*) and united states

Lies, Politics and Lying Politicians

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Lies and Politics: Do Politicians Lie More Today?" CQ Researcher 18 Feb. 2011: 145-68.
When Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted “You lie!” during one of President Obama's early addresses to Congress, the outburst was unprecedented. Yet, in the charged political climate of the past two years, hot partisan rhetoric has continued, and accusations of lying have been rife. Historians say that false charges by competing candidates and lies by government officials to hide their actions from the public are a staple of politics going back to the 1800 presidential campaign between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Some legal scholars point out that the First Amendment broadly protects political speech, even when it's false. Some blame a lazy media — and clearly partisan media outlets like Fox News and MSNBC — for allowing more misinformation to flourish today. And some point out that political speech can be misleading without being flat-out lying.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Other articles:

EBSCOhost: (falsehood or deception) and politic* and united states

Nyhan, Brendan and Jason Reifler. "When Corrections Fail: The Persistence of Political Misperceptions." 2010. Political Behavior 32(2): 303-330.

Books

Ebrary: (lies OR lying OR deception) AND Subject (politics OR political OR politicians) - ebooks include:

Cliffe, Lionel. Politics of Lying. New York: Macmillan, 2000.

Web

Factcheck.org - Project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania to reveal the "factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."