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Subject-Verb Agreement 150 150 Deborah

Subject-Verb Agreement

Overview of Subject-Verb Agreement Among the many things writers need to watch carefully is for the subject (the actor) to agree with the verb (the action).  In English, this is usually broken down into two categories, the singular subject with a singular verb, and the plural subject with a plural verb.  The first step is…

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Fractions to Decimals and Decimals to Fractions 150 150 Deborah

Fractions to Decimals and Decimals to Fractions

Fractions can be changed to decimals and decimals to fractions in a few simple steps. The rule is that both fractions and decimals are different ways to express the same relationship between numbers, a ratio, using division and multiplication. All fractions can be written as a/b, where the two numbers have a relationship with one…

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Cognitive Studies on Mirror Neurons 150 150 Suzanne

Cognitive Studies on Mirror Neurons

One of the interesting things about cognitive studies, or studies of how the brain works, is that oftentimes a piece of research into an area like medical research can also yield useful information for education or psychology. And so is the case with mirror neurons, a function of the brain, which has implications in all…

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What is a Homonym…Well a Pair of Pears! 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

What is a Homonym…Well a Pair of Pears!

Homonyms are words that sound alike, but they do not have the same meaning. Unfortunately, they look just enough alike to get past the unwary writer. In addition, those pesky words may also escape the spell-check feature of the computer’s word processing program. They are meaningful words, just not the word the writer wants. However,…

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Diffusion, Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Diffusion, Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure

Diffusion is the net movement of molecules because of a difference in the chemical potential or concentration between two regions. Molecules move faster when the difference/gradient is larger. Molecules tend to move to the region where their chemical potential or concentration is lower.   Osmosis is the diffusion/movement of water through a cell membrane. Since…

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Distance Between Two Points 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Distance Between Two Points

People usually forget a formula to find a distance between two points. The thing is that, you don’t need to memorize the formula if you know where the formula comes from. The key essence to find the distance between two point is Pythagorean Theorem. If you have a right triangle, the square of hypotenuse is…

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Naming Covalent Compounds 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Naming Covalent Compounds

When naming covalent compounds, prefixes must be used to identify the number of atoms. The prefixes are as follows. 1: Mono- 2: Di- 3: Tri- 4: Tetra- 5: Penta- 6: Hexa- 7: Hepta- 8: Octa- 9: Nona- 10: Deca- To begin naming, identify the number of atoms of the first element in the compound. Find…

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Cognitive: Teaching Young Minds’ 150 150 Suzanne

Cognitive: Teaching Young Minds’

When a teacher is planning a lesson, beyond thinking through the skills, knowledge and concepts of what is being taught, the teacher also has to think about what the best way to get the information into the diversely able brains will be. Students learn differently and they come to class with different sets of prior…

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Quotation Marks, and How to “Use” Them 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Quotation Marks, and How to “Use” Them

Quotation marks are used in almost every type of text. Whether it is an essay for a school assignment, to a major publication, there is no escaping them. American quotation marks are used primarily in 6 distinct ways: when repeating someone else’s exact words, to show irony, to show an unusual usage of a word…

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Distance, Velocity, and Acceleration 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Distance, Velocity, and Acceleration

There is a relationship between distance, velocity and acceleration. When you understand how they interact, and their equations; they are much easier to grasp. The relationship between distance and velocity is proportional. Distance = velocity x time If acceleration is involved in the question, the equation becomes Distance = v0 x t + 0.5 a…

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