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Which dictates our existence -- our genetic makeup or the environment we grow up in? Kevin Davies offers an update on this long-standing debate.
The Nature versus Nurture debate is a long-standing one among biologists and psychologists. Does Nature (our genes) determine what we become, or does Nurture (our environment)? The answer is obviously both, but as this NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site explains, recent findings have placed a greater emphasis on Nurture.
Academic standards correlations on Teachers' Domain use the Achievement Standards Network (ASN) database of state and national standards, provided to NSDL projects courtesy of JES & Co.
We assign reference terms to each statement within a standards document and to each media resource, and correlations are based upon matches of these terms for a given grade band. If a particular standards document of interest to you is not displayed yet, it most likely has not yet been processed by ASN or by Teachers' Domain. We will be adding social studies and arts correlations over the coming year, and also will be increasing the specificity of alignment.
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