The Age of Stress: Children Under Pressure
What are the consequences of bullying, high-stakes testing, homework overload, and family turmoil? Do these experiences prepare kids for an uncertain life ahead or are they too much, too young? This program explores what happens under the stressful ...
Subject: Stress in children -- Case studies
Transcript: CHILDREN FOUND IT FAR TOO TRICKY. >> THAT WON'T STICK TO THERE. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE EASY BUT IT WAS QUITE HARD. >> I CAN'T DO
Recipe for Success: How Children Learn
How and why do humans learn new things? Why are we stronger in some skills than others? At what age do we learn most quickly, and how can we improve our learning capacity? This program studies the knowledge-building process that typically occurs in ...
Subject: Success in children -- Case studies
Transcript: 'S LATEST VENTURE IS A SIGN MAKING BUSINESS. BUT HOW LONG WILL HE STICK WITH IT? THERE ARE SOME THINGS I'VE STARTED AND NOT SEEN THROUGH YAH I'LL AGREE
Thanks for the Memories: How Children Remember
Do our brains store experiences from our first few months of life? What happens to children who witness disturbing events before age two? How does being unwanted affect a baby? This program explores the personal significance of memory and examines t...
Subject: Memory -- Case studies.
Transcript: little block &nbspand we pop it &nbspinto the jar. Mustn't get your fingers stuck. &nbspAnd then we're going &nbspto take this stick and it
A Dangerous Future: Years of Living Dangerously
In episode eight of the series “Years of Living Dangerously”, Matt Damon takes viewers on an investigation into the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality. With a focus on startling new research from leading scientists and research...
Genre: Non Fictional Case studies
Subject: Heat waves (Meteorology) -- Health aspects - Case studies
In search of Fort St. Joseph: lessons in history, culture, and scientific methodology
How do archaeologists go about choosing where to dig? What research must be conducted, and what preparations must be made, before the actual excavations begin? This documentary examines the challenges and triumphs of the research team that worked fo...
Series: Unearthing Fort St. Joseph: A Field Work Case Study
Transcript: LONG LINES, THAT ARE CLOSELY SPACED ABOUT A HALF METER APART, AND VERY FREQUENT READINGS ALONG THE LINES, IN SOME CASES ALMOST CONTINUOUS READINGS SUCH
Measuring Success in Treatment for Autism
Four years have gone by since the two preschool boys profiled in Autism and Applied Behavioral Analysis began intensive ABA therapy—formerly considered controversial, but now hailed as one of the few effective approaches to treating the disorder. ...
Series: Finding The Words: Case Studies In Autism Treatment
Hispanic Education at the Crossroads
Education is intrinsic to success in our society. But for members of Hispanic groups, good education may be hard to come by, because of either language barriers or under-performing schools. This program, hosted by actor Edward James Olmos, examines ...
Subject: Education, Bilingual -- California -- Case studies
Transcript: education have taken their case to court. This lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn, New York, referred to bilingual education as a prison. There is a whole English
Clinical Impressions: Identifying Mental Illness
How long can mental illness stay hidden, especially from the eyes of trained experts? This program rejoins a group of ten adults—five of them healthy and five of them with histories of mental illness—as psychiatric specialists try to spot and co...
Subject: Mental illness -- Case studies
Transcript: BE COMPLETELY WRONG AS WELL. IN THE CASE OF HOLLY THERE SEEMS TO BE A SORT OF PESSIMISM, CONCERN ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HER. IN THE CASE
First Amendment in the 21st Century - United States v. Stevens: The Dog Fighting Case
The First Amendment does not protect all forms of speech. Obscenity, child pornography, fighting words, true threats, slander, libel, perjury, and blackmail are just a few of the commonly recognized exceptions to the First Amendment. One of the most...
Transcript: never been greater. In The First Amendment in the 21st Century series we'll examine eight First Amendment cases decided by the United States Supreme
First Amendment in the 21st Century - Zelman v. Simmons-Harris: The School Voucher Case
It is the establishment clause that is perhaps the most controversial part of the First Amendment. In the case of Zelman v Simmons-Harris, the United
Transcript: never been greater. In The First Amendment in the 21st Century series we'll examine eight First Amendment cases decided by the United States Supreme