Free to learn: why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life

By A. Pai. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2016

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Peter Gray. New York: Basic Books, 2013. Pp xii-273. H/b $27.99

Subfields: Education, Information Systems

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1. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff 
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3. Firdevs Burçak
4. Julie Ernst
5. Angeline S. Lillard

In Information Systems

1. Firdevs Burçak
2. Julie Ernst

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