Linear Functions: An Introduction
Linear functions are routinely used to model data, approximate change, and find the rate of change of a curve. In this program, Sharpie the Pencil shows students how to plot and sketch a linear graph from a linear equati..
London: the post-imperial city
Defining the typical New Yorker has always been impossible; today, the definition of a Londoner is nearly as elusive. This program travels London's increasingly cosmopolitan neighborhoods, sorting through perspectives on..
Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris : Searching for a Native American Identity
This program features the late Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich, a husband-and-wife team who collaborated as writers before his untimely death. They attribute their beliefs in family, community, and place to their Nativ..
Managing Change in Tough Times
Many external influences can impact the success of a business, including natural disasters, financial crises, epidemics, and even terrorism. In this informative program, psychologist Peter Quarry talks with Glenyce Johns..
Managing Difficult Customers and Complaints: Sales and Service Masterclass
This program examines how to effectively resolve conflict while preserving and reinforcing a positive relationship with the customer. Excellent practical advice is offered to assist salespeople and help them work through..
Marketing Research and Segmentation
Moving from foundations to specific methods, this program examines the complex background work that must take place before a product or service can be positioned in the market. Surveys and analysis performed for the comp..
Masterpiece Classic: Our Town
“It’s a little play with all the big subjects in it,” wrote Thornton Wilder in a 1937 letter to Gertrude Stein about what has become his most renowned and frequently performed work. Set at the turn of the 20th cent..
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 approach..
Media Literacy for Teens
TV and radio commercials, Web sites and banner ads, magazine ads, pop songs, photos, and even news articles and textbooks: all of them are sending messages to influence the reader/viewer/listener. How do they grab the at..
Media Literacy in the 21st-Century Classroom
The more digital technology becomes inseparable from our daily lives, the more chances corporate and political media have to manipulate young people—unless students are taught how to dissect and defend against that man..