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A mind at a time

Dr. Melvin Levine is a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at the University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. He is also the founder of All Kinds of Minds, a non-profit institute for the study of differences in learning. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of this Institute along with Charles Schwab. Levine is responsible for conducting research and training programs in the field of developmental disabilities. He also directs clinical programs for the evaluation of children and young adults with problematic learning, development, and/or behavioral adjustment. The title of his lecture is "A Mind at a Time."

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  • "Dr. Melvin Levine is a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at the University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. He is also the founder of All Kinds of Minds, a non-profit institute for the study of differences in learning. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of this Institute along with Charles Schwab. Levine is responsible for conducting research and training programs in the field of developmental disabilities. He also directs clinical programs for the evaluation of children and young adults with problematic learning, development, and/or behavioral adjustment. The title of his lecture is "A Mind at a Time.""@en
  • "Renowned learning expert Dr. Mel Levine shows parents how they can observe and understand their children's minds."@en
  • "[In this book, the author] shows parents and others who care for children how to identify ... individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can encourage a child's strengths and bypass the child's weaknesses. This type of teaching produces satisfaction and achievement instead of frustration and failure. Different brains are differently wired, [he] explains. There are eight fundamental systems, or components, of learning that draw on a variety of neurodevelopmental capacities. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in others, but no one is equally capable in all eight. Using examples drawn from his own extensive experience, [he] shows how parents and children can identify their strengths and weaknesses to determine their individual learning styles. For example, some students are creative and write imaginatively but do poorly in history because weak memory skills prevent them from retaining facts. Some students are weak in sequential ordering and can't follow directions. They may test poorly and often don't do well in mathematics. In these cases, [he] Levine observes, the problem is not a lack of intelligence but a learning style that doesn't fit the assignment. Drawing on his pioneering research and his work with thousands of students, [he] shows how parents and teachers can develop effective strategies to work through or around these weaknesses. "It's taken for granted in adult society that we cannot all be 'generalists' skilled in every area of learning and mastery. Nevertheless, we apply tremendous pressure to our children to be good at everything. They are expected to shine in math, reading, writing, speaking, spelling, memorization, comprehension, problem solving...and none of us adults can" do all this ... Learning begins in school but it doesn't end there. Frustrating a child's desire to learn will have lifelong repercussions. This frustration can be avoided if we understand that not every child can do equally well in every type of learning. We must begin to pay more attention to individual learning styles, to individual minds ... so that we can maximize children's learning potential. In [this book], he shows us how."
  • "There are eight fundamental systems of learning that draw on a variety of neurodevelopmental capacities. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in others, but no one is equally capable in all eight. The author shows how parents and children can identify their strengths and weaknesses to determine their individual ways of learning."@en
  • "A professor of pediatrics reveals the many modes of learning and arms parents and teachers with the knowledge they need to help children prosper in a school environment."@en
  • "Presents an analysis of children's learning patterns for parents and teachers."@en
  • "Different minds learn differently. That's an issue for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in. Learning begins in schools, but it doesn't end there. Frustrating a child's desire to learn will have lifelong repercussions.In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Mel Levine shows parents how to identify these individual learning patterns..."
  • "Dr. Levine tells parents how to identify individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can encourage a child's strengths and deal effectively with weaknesses."@en
  • "In A mind at a time, Dr. Mel Levine shows parents how to identify these individual learning pattern. He explains how parents and teachers can nurture a childs strengths and deal effectively with weaknesses. This type of teaching produces satisfaction and achievement for all students."

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  • "A mind at a time America's top learning expert shows how every child can succeed"
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