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Getting Personal
Psychologist Carol Dweck (Stanford) describes her motivations to write her bestselling popular book Mindset, along with why she deliberately opted to take a more personal approach.
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Anatomical Discoveries
Neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector (Stanford) describes a discovery she made with her graduate student of a certain region of the brain.
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The Trouble with Laboratories
Nobel Laureate in Physics David Politzer (Caltech) relates how sometimes scientists seeking to understand the physics of music fail to appreciate an essential point: how an instrument is actually played.
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Measuring Intelligence
Neuroscientist John Duncan (Cambridge) describes some of the tests associated with Charles Spearman's mysterious "g factor."
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Inadvertent Incentives
Psychologist Stephen Hinshaw (UC Berkeley) describes his research on how the number of cases of ADHD are correlated with various public policy initiatives.
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Cultural Mindsets
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck describes how, while she believes that her work on mindsets is universally relevant, understanding distinct values and practices is essential to getting the message across diverse cultures.
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The Physics of Black Holes
Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose (Oxford) briefly summarizes Stephen Hawking's work on the temperature of black holes and Hawking radiation.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jack Schneider - Teachers Make a Difference - David Tyack
Jack Schneider is a scholar, teacher, writer, and activist. In his day job, he is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he teaches in the Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs and leads the Beyond Test...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider - A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Jennifer Berkshire grew up in the Midwest, and while she has long since been transplanted to the East Coast, she will forever be a Heartlander at heart. She discovered her love for storytelling while covering a series of bitter labor...
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Melissa Henning - Using the Four Domains to Help ENL Students Learn
Melissa Henning is the Educational Content Manager for Source for Learning, the non-profit parent company of TeachersFirst. She has over 16 years of experience in education. Melissa is a frequent presenter at national and regional...
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Graphic Aids in Texts
A video entitled, “Graphic Aids in Texts,” which explains how graphic aids are used in informational texts and reviews the different types of commonly used graphic aids.
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Key Ideas and Details
A video entitled “Key Ideas and Details” which models how to identify key ideas and details in an informational text.
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What's Your Problem?
A video entitled “What’s Your Problem?” which discusses how a character in a story tried different solutions to solve his problem.
Learn French With Alexa
Practise your French Prepositions Part 2 - "Dans, sous, sur, devant..."
In this episode of Alexa's 'Practise Your French' series, Alexa continues with the French Prepositions - "Dans, sous, sur, devant, derrière, entre, contre..."
Learn French With Alexa
Practise your French indefinite articles Part 2
Alexa continues to help you practise your French indefinite articles: UN, UNE & DES.
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Word Problems
“Word Problems” demonstrates how to solve word problems by skip counting and using helpful tools, such as visual models, number lines, and hundreds charts.
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Syllable Drum: Clap to the Beat
A video entitled “Syllable Drum: Clap to the Beat” which models how to clap the syllables that make up words.
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Guess What Happens Next
A video entitled “Guess What Happens Next” which explores how to make predictions while reading the story "The Tortoise and the Hare."
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Illustrating Word Problems
The video “Illustrating Word Problems” shows how to use illustrations to solve addition and subtraction word problems.
John D Ruddy
The Story of Columba - Manny Man Does History
Learn about one of the Patron Saints of Ireland and how he may have been the person to be caught for copyright infringement!
Sir Linkalot
Lesson 73 - Things Inside Words (Levels 1&2)
Ooo, controversial Sir Linkalot. Controversial... Material covered: Table New Few These Answer Read Are
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The French Wars of Religion... but Stupider | The Life & Times of Catherine de Medici
The French Wars of Religion... but Stupider | The Life & Times of Catherine de Medici
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Medieval Knights were Surprisingly Thirsty
So, you wish to learn the ancient art of chivalry? Well you’ve come to the right place. These days chivalry means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but if there’s a special woman in your life? Don’t take the example...
Sir Linkalot
Lesson 67 - More Things That Look Like Letters (Levels 1&2)
The coolest cat in town is the boy in pink... Material covered: Took, look, cook, book Water Cat The word 'I' System Interest