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  2. Social studies - Wikipedia

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    In many countries' curricula, social studies is the combined study of humanities, the arts, and social sciences, mainly including history, economics, and civics.The term was first coined by American educators around the turn of the twentieth century as a catch-all for these subjects, as well as others which did not fit into the models of lower education in the United States such as philosophy ...

  3. Discovery learning - Wikipedia

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    Discovery learning can occur whenever the student is not provided with an exact answer but rather the materials in order to find the answer themselves. Discovery learning takes place in problem solving situations where learners interact with their environment by exploring and manipulating objects, wrestling with questions and controversies, or ...

  4. Social science - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a university may offer a student who studies a social sciences field a Bachelor of Arts degree, particularly if the field is within one of the traditional liberal arts such as history, or a BSc: Bachelor of Science degree such as those given by the London School of Economics, as the social sciences constitute one of the ...

  5. Social Studies (book) - Wikipedia

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    Social Studies later was re-released in a 1994 compilation entitled The Fran Lebowitz Reader along with Lebowitz's other bestseller Metropolitan Life. [ 7 ] In her signature fashion, Lebowitz records her wry observations, tastes, preferences, and aesthetic values within the essays of this second collection of her stories and opinion pieces.

  6. Discovery system (bibliographic search) - Wikipedia

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    The term discovery layer has been described as an overarching term [2] that can include: Discovery interface , a graphical user interface that library users search or browse with. It includes search-engine like amenities such as spelling correction, tolerance for punctuation differences, and typeahead search .

  7. Science Sleuths - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Discovery Education purchased Videodiscovery and its Science Sleuths series. Science Sleuths was released in middle school and elementary school versions: Science Sleuths : 24 interactive mysteries for middle-school that explore scientific problem solving in the context of different science subjects.

  8. Science and technology studies - Wikipedia

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    A communications artifact (Rugby Aerial Tuning Inductor) at the Science Museum, London, UK . Science and technology studies (STS) or science, technology, and society is an interdisciplinary field that examines the creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts.

  9. Wedge strategy - Wikipedia

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    The wedge strategy details a simultaneous assault on state boards of education, state and federal legislatures and on the print and broadcast media. [33] The Discovery Institute has carried out the strategy through its role in the intelligent design movement, where it aggressively promoted ID and its Teach the Controversy campaign to the public ...