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13 Science-Backed Tips to Stay Focused and Avoid Distractions

By Katie Walsh, Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and Jessica Orwig — 2020

Whether it's fatigue, distractions, lack of motivation, or something else entirely, our inability to focus digs a hole in our productivity and limits our chances of success.

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The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning

Neuroscientist Richard Davidson presents his research on how social and emotional learning can affect the brain.

Richard Davidson

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From ‘D’ Grades to ‘A’ Grades—Student Motivation

In the latest videos on my second channel, I show you how I went from a GPA of 1.3 at high school to graduating with a 4.0 GPA at university. I lay out 5 simple daily habits that I implemented into my life that completely transformed my grades—and how you can do exactly the same.

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College Is Hard, But Nobody Talks About It

Hi, I’m Tiffany and I studied Computer Science and Classics at Stanford. This video was filmed a year before I graduated. Now I look back on this and see how much I’ve grown from the experience!

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My Story of Being Academically Dismissed from College

I’m sharing an experience where I was academically dismissed from college and how I turned it around.

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Academic Burnout and the Feeling of Inadequacy [College Student]

Many of my peers and I have been experiencing some more-intense-than-usual academic burnout—here to put my thoughts out there and hopefully help people feel less alone.

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Watch this When You’re Struggling with a Subject and Wanna Give Up.

School’s tough. You’re tougher. Struggle harder. Ask for help when you don’t understand. Most of all, don’t give up, friends!!

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Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child

With decades of experience working with ADD children, Dr. Edward Hallowell has long argued that ADD is too often misunderstood, mistreated, and mislabeled as a “disability.” Now he teams up with top academic ADD researcher Peter S. Jensen, M.D.

Edward M. Hallowell, Peter S. Jensen

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The Disintegrating Student: Struggling but Smart, Falling Apart, and How to Turn It Around

The truth is that many smart students reach a point where they feel overwhelmed and stressed out. As their grades drop, so does their self-esteem, and this combination of external and internal pressures can seem insurmountable. To make matters worse, students feel unable to ask for or accept help.

Jeannine Jannot

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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material.

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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

To most of us, learning something “the hard way” implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier.

Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

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