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Cynthia Breazeal

Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she founded and directs the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab.[…]

Can Children Teach Themselves to Read?

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Cynthia Breazeal showcases “an idea in its formation,” that is, providing children in remote areas with tablets and learning apps that could enable them to teach themselves how to read.

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