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Dirksen, Julie

Summary: "If you've ever fallen asleep over a boring lecture or fast-forwarded through a tedious elearning exercise, you know that creating a great learning experience is harder than it seems. And many of us are teaching, even when it's not in our job description - maybe you have to give a presentation, write documentation, or help your audience understand your product or service. Often you know a lot...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Riders 2016

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Willingham, Daniel T.

Summary: "Written by a cognitive psychologist who has spent decades studying low we learn, OUTSMART YOUR BRAIN is the definitive guide to help students master the skills of understanding material and retaining information. In clear, accessible prose, Dan Willingham lays out the techniques necessary for students at any stage to succeed and thrive when learning, studying, and taking exams. When studying,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 WIL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 WIL

Summary: By defining critical thinking and examining how it's applied to the process of problem-solving, this two-section program will show viewers how to handle whatever challenges come their way. An in-class discussion segment on critical thinking explains how to rationally assess a statement and express disagreement, while a similar segment on problem-solving considers what to do when preparing for...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Dyslexia, a learning disability that affects oral and written language, often masks the presence of a gifted mind. People with dyslexia learn differently. This program from The Doctor Is In explores that cognitive difference by examining how dyslexic students learn, and how new teaching techniques are helping them succeed in school. These teaching approaches are explored at the Washington Lab...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: The skills students need to effectively record and learn information presented in class are outlined in this program. Featured is the Cornell Notetaking Method, which stresses organization and prompt review. A notebook page format that divides information into actual notes and student comments is central to both accurate Notetaking and meaningful study. Suggestions are provided on when and how...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: To fully prize diversity, a school must embrace differences in students' abilities and learning approaches as well as in race, gender, ethnicity, and so forth. And to reach special needs children, teaching styles themselves must also be diverse. This classic program with Sally L. Smith stresses the importance of individualized instruction for students with learning disabilities and ADHD and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2001

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Carey, Benedict.

Summary: A leading neuroscientist presents an exploration of what is known about learning and memory that considers how to adapt such negative characteristics as ignorance and laziness to expand learning potential.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 CAR

Summary: One in 25 people are dyslexic, but the teenagers involved in making this program would say that 24 out of 25 people miss out on dyslexia. This program approaches dyslexia from a new angle, exploring how the so-called disability might prove an advantage in an increasingly image-based world. Educational experts from America and England discuss aptitudes of dyslexics, while video diaries show how...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Often viewed as a weakness, dyslexia actually means that a person processes information differently, and many with the disorder have learned to see it as a strength. This program illustrates the challenges faced by Amanda, Carmen, and Gio-three young people living with dyslexia-through personal interviews with them and those close to them. Viewers are guided into their unique and often...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: In this classic program, Sally L. Smith explains how to teach students with learning disabilities and ADHD. The techniques include challenging the intellect and tapping the imagination; using concrete objects, the body, and pictures to communicate abstract ideas; using object-centered learning by attracting the attention visually; limiting the amount of words used; using stimulation, choices,...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2001

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Summary: Why do students fall into the plagiarism trap? How does it hold a young person back on the journey toward self-reliance? Is it possible to "steal" material without knowing it? This program addresses the widespread ethical and legal problem of plagiarism, examining reasons used to justify content theft and the wide variety of forms it can take. Students and teachers talk frankly on-screen about...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: How could a child be a top math student yet not be able to read? Why can another child read well but not be able to write a paragraph that makes sense? While watching children being taught new ways to learn, this program offers expert insight into the nature of learning disabilities, why learning disabilities may also be accompanied by ADHD or social disorders, and what can be done to help...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: For people with special needs, augmentative communication technology is opening the door to fuller expression, better education, and higher self-esteem. This program illustrates the positive impact of augmentative communication technology on the lives of Adam and Mike. Adam, once considered mentally retarded by school staff, has become a college-educated professional-thanks in part to an...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: This classic program featuring Sally L. Smith provides a detailed composite description of children with learning disabilities. Strengths typically include originality, imagination, talent in the arts, and a love of nature, technology, color, movement, and building things. Weaknesses tend to include neurological immaturity, disorganization, distractibility, short attention span, poor motor...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2001

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Booth, Char

Summary: Whether or not "instruction" appears in their job titles, librarians are often in the position of educating their users, colleagues, and peers to successfully locate and evaluate information. Because MLIS education tends to offer less-than-comprehensive preparation in pedagogy and instructional design, this book tackles the challenge of effective teaching and training head-on. In this book the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: American Library Association 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 028.7 BOO

Summary: Building on the ideas of Lev Vygotsky and Jerome Bruner, Elena Bodrova and Deborah Leong worked with teachers in urban schools to foster self-regulated learning. This program presents both the theoretical underpinnings of their work and its results as viewers sit in on busy classrooms where students are being helped to take responsibility for their education. The video offers useful viewpoints...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1996

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Summary: This program outlines a concise three-step process for understanding and retaining information. The steps include exposure, review, and practice. Class attendance is stressed for maximum exposure to material. Valuable advice is provided on how to distill weekly lecture notes into a meaningful study guide. Methods for retrieving information learned include recitation and group study.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: As an educator, working with a learning-disabled student requires being adept at problem-solving, analyzing tasks, figuring out different ways to teach the same thing, and tailoring the method to fit the child. In addition, the teacher must be able to communicate to the student how he or she learns most effectively and what techniques and methods best enhance that learning process. In this...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2001

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Faber, Adele.

Summary: The leading experts on parent-child communication show parents and teachers how to motivate kids to learn and succeed in school. This breakthrough book demonstrates how parents and teachers can join forces to inspire kids to be self-directed, self-disciplined and responsive to the wonders of learning.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Piccadilly 2003

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.1023 HOW

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.1023 HOW

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents Faber

Healy, Jane M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1987

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.413 HEA

Sarma, Sanjay E.

Summary: "In the spirit of Thinking, Fast and Slow, a groundbreaking look at the science of how we learn--and how we can use it to discover our true potential, as individuals and across society As the vice president for Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to educate the world. But if you're going to undertake such an ambitious project, it behooves you first to ask: How...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 SAR

Summary: For decades, IQ tests have been the gold standard for measuring intelligence. But is one standardized test really adequate for every taker? This program advocates a different approach, creating an array of unusual challenges to assess brainpower and positing an argument for the interplay of multiple intelligences. Assisted by the insights of Harvard's Howard Gardner and experts using brain...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: A common error made by new teachers is attempting to impose authority on a classroom rather than encouraging students to manage themselves. In this program, acclaimed presenter Dr. Richard Curwin and noted educator and school psychologist Dr. Allen Mendler argue that students can develop internal controls and self-responsibility when teachers alter their traditionally adversarial classroom...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: As school populations become more and more diverse, racial intolerance is shoving its way to prominence. In this provocative program, five students from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds speak with candor about racial harassment at their high school in an effort to encourage teenagers to examine their own attitudes and behaviors. The greatest danger of racism is that it will go...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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