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Forces: Types of Friction
Forces: Types of Friction 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Friction is the force that develops at the surfaces of contact of two bodies and impedes (opposes) their relative motion. e.g. air on an aircraft or water in a pipe.…

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Cognative Friday: Be Reasonable!
Cognative Friday: Be Reasonable! 150 150 Suzanne

How many times have we all heard the phrase, “Be reasonable!”? This is, of course, one of the goals for teaching children and so, thinking about how we teach reason,…

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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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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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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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What is Energy? A Physics Perspective
What is Energy? A Physics Perspective 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Energy: Energy is the Capacity to do work. The SI unit of energy is joule. Work cannot be done without energy. When work is done, energy is used or converted…

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Physics: Understanding Mechanical Energy
Physics: Understanding Mechanical Energy 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Physics: Understanding Mechanical Energy When the work is done upon the object, it gains energy. The energy acquired by the objects upon which work is done is known as mechanical…

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Physics: What is Dispersion of Light?
Physics: What is Dispersion of Light? 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The light rays from the sun consist of seven different colors – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (ROYGBIV). We see seven different colors when these sun are…

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