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  2. Learning - Wikipedia

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    Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. [ 1 ] The ability to learn is possessed by humans, non-human animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some kind of learning in certain plants. [ 2 ] Some learning is immediate, induced by a single event (e.g ...

  3. Teaching to the test - Wikipedia

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    ATC Admission Exam. "Teaching to the test" refers to an educational strategy where curriculum and instruction are heavily focused on preparing students for standardized tests. This approach aligns teaching content and methods directly with the test format and subject matter, aiming to improve student performance on these assessments.

  4. Kirkman's schoolgirl problem - Wikipedia

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    A solution to this problem is an example of a Kirkman triple system, [2] which is a Steiner triple system having a parallelism, that is, a partition of the blocks of the triple system into parallel classes which are themselves partitions of the points into disjoint blocks.

  5. Connes embedding problem - Wikipedia

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    Connes' embedding problem asks whether every type II 1 factor on a separable Hilbert space can be embedded into some . A positive solution to the problem would imply that invariant subspaces exist for a large class of operators in type II 1 factors (Uffe Haagerup); all countable discrete groups are hyperlinear.

  6. Embedded system - Wikipedia

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    An embedded system on a plug-in card with processor, memory, power supply, and external interfaces. An embedded system is a specialized computer system —a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It is ...

  7. Reciprocal teaching - Wikipedia

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    Reciprocal teaching is an amalgamation of reading strategies that effective readers are thought to use. As stated by Pilonieta and Medina in their article "Reciprocal Teaching for the Primary Grades: We Can Do It, Too!", previous research conducted by Kincade and Beach (1996 ) indicates that proficient readers use specific comprehension strategies in their reading tasks, while poor readers do ...

  8. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...

  9. Instructional scaffolding - Wikipedia

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    Instructional scaffolding is the support given to a student by an instructor throughout the learning process. This support is specifically tailored to each student; this instructional approach allows students to experience student-centered learning, which tends to facilitate more efficient learning than teacher-centered learning.