The "Write" Way
This term is how we describe words, phrases, or sequences that reads the same backward as forward, such as "madam", "civic", "radar", "level", or "nurses run".
What is a palindrome?
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What is EAB Navigate?
This is known as the formula for finding the "slope" of a line when you are graphing.
What is
(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)
This is the average amount of time the brain will hold information before it determines whether it will keep it or "dump it".
What is 30 seconds?
Writing down all the formulas and other subject specific things on your scratch paper right before you begin the test.
What is a data dump or data dumping?
This is the term used to describe when authors attempt to make their audiences have sympathy or feel a bit of sadness for the character.
What is pathos?
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What is "my course in Brightspace" or "Tutor.com"?
This formula represents the slope and the y-intercept together and is sometimes referred to as "solving for y".
What is
y = mx + b
What two criteria must be met before the brain of a learner will attempt to retain information?
The information has to have meaning and it has to make sense to the learner.
Using a letter or a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something.
What is using or making mnemonics?
A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.
What is a comma?
If you are a Dallas College student, this platform is visited more than Google.
What is eCampus?
This is one of the first things that you must do before you can add or subtract two or more fractions that are not all of the same "whole".
(Remember, fractions are "parts out of whole")
What is find a common denominator?
The greatest loss of newly acquired information or a skill occurs within this timeframe.
What is the first 18 - 24 hours?
Using one side of an index card to notate important, interesting, or identifying traits or characteristics of a certain word or object, and writing exactly what that word or object is on the other side of the same index card.
What are flash cards?
A type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal and are more common in speech than writing, and can typically be restricted to a particular context or group of people. Some examples include, "bangin' ", "lit", and "extendo".
What is slang?
This platform is quickly becoming the "instant messenger" of immediate work and school communication.
What is MicroSoft Teams?
This equation is often used when polynomials or quadratic equations are not easily factorable.
What is the quadratic equation, or
x = (-b +- sqrt (b^2 - 4ac)) / (2a)
The capacity of an adult's working memory.
What is seven to nine items?
In the beginning, these categories were used when identifying different types of learners and their "styles".
What are kinesthetic, visual, and auditory learners?
This notation is used when a writer is repeating or copying out (a group of words from a text or speech), and the writer is not the original author or speaker.
What are quotes or quotation marks?
This is the place you go to access all of your "school" accounts.
What is the Dallas College website?
It is known that when looking at ordered pairs, if one of the values is zero, the the ordered pair is called this.
What is an intercept?
Acquiring and using knowledge in a variety of different settings.
What is the goal of learning?
If your test is timed, this is a good way of knowing how much time you will need.
Timing yourself while you work the test review.