Understanding
By: a production of WGBH in association with All Kinds of Minds
Contributors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); All Kinds of Minds Institute; WGBH Video (Firm)
Series: Developing minds; EXC 650 (NU Course)
Publisher: WGBH Boston Video
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781593756253
Subjects: Learning; Psychology of Learning; Comprehension; Study and teaching (Elementary); Learning disabilities; Parent and child; Teacher-student relationships
Description: The ability to understand ideas and information is one of the most important skills students will develop. Explore the brain functions involved in understanding, common problems students face, as well as practical strategies teachers and parents can use to help students succeed. Includes an overview, introduction for teachers and parents, and specific information on how memory, language, attention, and higher order cognition contribute to understanding.
Notes: Featuring Dr. Mel Levine;  narrator: Madge Kaplan.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

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Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Library overview; title: Introduction for teachers; title: Introduction for parents; title: A student profile; title: General strategies for teachers; title: General strategies for parents; title: Disc 2. Understanding; title: Higher order cognition; title: Disc 3. Attention; title: Language; title: Memory.