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Sharing Mind Maps for Inspiration and Motivation. Knocked out in bar fight, man wakes up as a genius. TACOMA, Wash. -- Fate has no place in mathematics, yet fate played a role for Jason Padgett and his new fame for being a mathematical genius.

Knocked out in bar fight, man wakes up as a genius

Growing up in school, math played no role for Padgett. Relaxation Downloads. We hope you find these audio files helpful in your relaxation efforts.Take some time to explore the different approaches to relaxation and discover what works for you.

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Guided Imagery Exercises: Anchoring Left-click to listen or right-click to download this mp3 file to your computer (8:34, 8.0 MB)Anchoring is a hypnotic technique that helps you connect to times in your past when you felt truly calm and confident. You can use it right now to give yourself a feeling of strength when facing sad days and difficult challenges. Moral Psychology: The Cognitive Science of Morality: Intuition and Diversity (Bradford Books) (Volume 2) (9780262693578): Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: Books.

Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds. TED Radio Hour. NPR: TED Radio Hour Podcast The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas: astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, new ways to think and create.

TED Radio Hour

Based on Talks given by riveting speakers on the world-renowned TED stage, each show is centered on a common theme - such as the source of happiness, crowd-sourcing innovation, power shifts, or inexplicable connections. The TED Radio Hour is hosted by Guy Raz, and is a co-production of NPR & TED. Follow the show @TEDRadioHour. Overcoming (R) June 13, 2014 We all have our struggles, whether they be mental, physical, or social. Download MP3 Getting There June 6, 2014 Our daily lives depend on travel: walking, biking, driving, flying. Haves and Have-Nots (R) May 30, 2014. Make It Stick — Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel. To most of us, learning something “the hard way” implies wasted time and effort.

Make It Stick — Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Kindle Cloud Reader. Maxwell's Equations. From Einstein Light. Maxwell's equations: symmetric form Although the equations are simple, they are notated in a few different ways, for use in different circumstances.

Maxwell's Equations. From Einstein Light

The variable quantities are the electric field E (written in bold here to indicate that it is a vector), the magnetic field B, the electric charge density ρ (the amount of charge per unit volume) and the electric current density J (the amount of electric current flowing through unit area). There are also properties of the medium, even if it is vacuum. ε is the dielectric permittivity. It is a property of a medium that determines the strength of the electric field produced by a given electric charge and geometry. Greater values of ε mean that more charge is required to produce the same electric field (for all materials in the liquid or solid phase, ε is greater than the vacuum value). μ is the magnetic permeability of a medium. Isn't that lovely? God Said Maxwell's Equations Framed Tile by pnkdesigns. The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar - Michelle Navarre Cleary.

A century of research shows that traditional grammar lessons—those hours spent diagramming sentences and memorizing parts of speech—don’t help and may even hinder students’ efforts to become better writers.

The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar - Michelle Navarre Cleary

Yes, they need to learn grammar, but the old-fashioned way does not work. There is a real cost to ignoring such findings. In my work with adults who dropped out of school before earning a college degree, I have found over and over again that they over-edit themselves from the moment they sit down to write. They report thoughts like “Is this right? Is that right?” These students are victims of the mistaken belief that grammar lessons must come before writing, rather than grammar being something that is best learned through writing.

8 Reasons The IQ Is Meaningless. Humans The average person has an intelligence quotient of 100.

8 Reasons The IQ Is Meaningless

An unsourced claim gives O. J. The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights. THE INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION - Visions Of The Future - BBC.

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Study: You Really Can 'Work Smarter, Not Harder' - Nanette Fondas. Research shows that reflecting after learning something new makes it stick in your brain.

Study: You Really Can 'Work Smarter, Not Harder' - Nanette Fondas

This Year's Love/Flickr Two weeks ago, my oldest son taught my youngest son how to perform a corner kick during half time of my middle son’s soccer game.