Geometry

Cognitive Friday: Maximizing Learning Styles

Cognitive Friday: Maximizing Learning Styles 150 150 Suzanne

A learning style inventory is an assessment that shows people the modes in which they learn best. It is not an assessment in the common high-stakes sense of the word,…

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Geometry and Shapes: Quadrilaterals

Geometry and Shapes: Quadrilaterals 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The word quadrilateral has come from two Latin words namely quadri (means a four) and latus (means a side). Together a quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides. i.e. it’s…

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Priming and Decision-Making

Priming and Decision-Making 150 150 Suzanne

The psychological phenomenon of priming affects a number of mental processes. Priming is like an advanced notification system, however a person is receiving notifications that affect what they think and…

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Geometry: Locus Curves and Sets

Geometry: Locus Curves and Sets 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Usually a set of points which satisfy a particular geometric condition can be represented in the form of an algebraic equation.  For example, if we take a fixed distance r…

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Linear Equations: Point of Intersection of Lines

Linear Equations: Point of Intersection of Lines 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The point of intersection of two or more lines is a point which lies on all the given lies. It means the equations of all the given lines must be…

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Cognitive Fridays: Priming and its Effects

Cognitive Fridays: Priming and its Effects 150 150 Suzanne

Priming is one of the most common influences upon students, and possibly one of the least discussed. Priming is a psychological reality of life – we are all primed in…

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Problem-Solving and Verbal Overshadowing

Problem-Solving and Verbal Overshadowing 150 150 Suzanne

Problem-solving is something we all do every day. In terms of what our brains are doing, there are two very distinct processes being used. We either analyze the problem or…

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Core Intuitions – Why We Are All Smart

Core Intuitions – Why We Are All Smart 150 150 Suzanne

Educators have been influenced by the theory of multiple intelligences for a few decades now. This theory, which was developed by Howard Gardner in 1983, suggests that we all have…

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3D Spaces: Addition and Subtraction in Cubic Areas

3D Spaces: Addition and Subtraction in Cubic Areas 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Sum of cubes: We can factorize an expression involving sum of cubes using the following formula. a3 + b3 = (a+b) (a2 – ab + b2) Example 1: Factorize the…

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Geometric Relations: Rotational Symmetry

Geometric Relations: Rotational Symmetry 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

A shape with rotational symmetry looks the same after a certain amount of rotation. An object may have more than one rotational symmetry. The point around which the shape is…

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