Alexander Veraksa: Our Children are More Successful Than Many of Their Peers in Other Countries
11.02.2021
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Alexander Veraksa, Doctor of Psychology and Head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, won t
he 2019 Russian Federation Presidential science and innovation award for young people. His educational methods are used not only in Russia but also in many countries of the world. The Russkiy Mir spoke with the scientist about the developmental features of contemporary children.
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You won the 2019 Russian Federation Presidential science and innovation award for young people for your research on the cognitive and emotional development of children and problems of educational success. What goals did you set in this study? What was necessary to understand and learn?