What is Memory and How You Can Increase Your Memory Power – Part I (18 Dec 2005)
Memory is defined as the ability to store and receive information. Memory like a filing system involves three processes: information must be entered into the system, stored without deterioration, and recovered when needed.
These three are generall...
Harry Potter Audio Books – the Pros and Cons (12 Feb 2006)
The Harry Potter mania has not skipped the audio books world. Apart from Harry potter books, movies and video games you could find all the Harry Potter series on audio books formats - downloadable audio books, audio books on CD and books on tape. ...
Energy Savings in the Asphalt Manufacturing Industry (15 May 2006)
Summary
Typical Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) plants are equipped with hundreds of feet of uninsulated flexible metal "jumper" hoses. The primary function of the "jumper" hose is to transfer hot process oil in a primary jacketed pipe across a conne...
Attempting the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) in Entrance Exam (06 Dec 2005)
Like it or not, Multiple Choice Tests formats are now being universally adapted for testing Student IQ and knowledge in a particular subject. Students fear multiple Choice exams as some find it confusing and tricky. Some feel that the questions...
Tucson/Rhoda (10 Apr 2006)
On the morning of September 13, 1924, Charles E. Manier was working in a lime kiln gravel pit off the Silverbell Road, about 6 1/2 miles east of Tucson, Arizona. Unexpectedly, his shovel revealed a metallic shape. Pulling the heavy object free, he...
Five Quick Tips to Raise Your Middle School or High School Students Performance (04 Oct 2005)
Increasing student academic achievement or performance is an ever present and ongoing challenge. However, many of the usual or tradtional solutions are not performance based. These 5 quick tips may help you quickly raise the performance of your s...
When Humans Discovered Metal (16 Mar 2006)
Recent Archaeological findings reveal that humans have been using metals since the Neolithic period and mining and working of metals began in around 8,000 BCE, ten thousand years ago. This is much longer than previously presumed. In fact, simp...
Preparing for Emergency Situations at School (02 Aug 2005)
We know emergency situations can (and will at some point) happen in your class. It may be minor, such as a student becoming sick in your room, or even a practice event like a fire drill or tornado drill. Hopefully you won't encounter a real life-t...
How To Use Diamond Tool To Cut Steel In Micro Machining (11 Feb 2006)
The diamond tool is commonly used in micro-machining as it can withstand the micro hardening of the workpiece surface during micro-machining. This micro-hardening creates enough resistance to break the tool bit easily in micro milling, but not a d...
University Business Case Study Choices for Your Team (21 Feb 2006)
Every year Universities assign students in their Business School projects. Come up with a business, make a business plan, develop a marketing plan and submit it to the class. This makes sense for students and professors and is an excellent way to ...
Battery Recycling-Get Charged About It! (03 Feb 2006)
Don't throw those old batteries in the trash! Battery recycling is something that we can all do to protect the environment and ourselves. Battery recycling is such an important issue that in 1996, the United States Congress passed the Battery Ac...
Teach Your Kids Arithmetic - The Quick-Add - Part II (17 Oct 2005)
In continuation of Part I, we now plunge more deeply into the Quick-Add Method and show how this makes doing addition quite easy. This procedure hinges on two key ideas: 1) the method of complements; and 2) the Quick-Add Conversion. To refresh y...
Teaching Guided Reading (09 Nov 2005)
What is guided reading?
What are some guided reading activities?
How about guided reading demonstrations or guided reading lesson plans?
Using guided reading as a teaching strategy has become more and more popular as the emphasis...
Cooperative Learning is Potentially Detrimental to Sustainable Academic Performance (16 Oct 2005)
Much has been written about cooperative learning and how it enhances overall academic performance. That is true if the following competencies are present:
Effective communication skills both verbal and non-verbal
Teamwork ...
Online Degree/Course, When R U Going To Make A Decision To Enroll In One? (07 May 2006)
When you have thousands of options in front of you, it is difficult to pick one. If you have been searching for online degrees the chances are, your search won't come to an end until you make a decision to enroll in one.
Decision to enroll w...
Crash Course: Aviation Careers and Training (27 Feb 2006)
Interested in airplanes and flight? Mechanics and electronics? Aviation and aeronautical careers are increasing in demand as the population rises, the economy strengthens and people become more comfortable resuming air travel. Find out about the t...
Teaching with Audio Books (10 Mar 2006)
In considering the audio book format and its effects on education, many parents and teachers find relief in that there are so many benefits. The use of audio books in the classroom increases the success of beginning readers in general—and also ser...
Online High School Diploma Programs Allow More Students to Get Ahead (03 Jan 2006)
According to the 1999 Current Population Survey of the United States Census, a staggering 55% of individuals at least 25 years old who failed to complete high school or receive a GED reported no earnings for the year. This compares to 25% of those...
Albert Einstein, the Dishonest Newton? (30 Nov 2005)
Newton's black-box physics.
From laws of force and motion in mechanics, Isaac Newton developed laws of orbital motion around 'centres of force' and saw gravity as governing the motions of the celestial bodies as well as apples falling from t...
Predictions of Trends in ELT for 2006: What to Expect in the Upcoming Year (14 Dec 2005)
English Language Teaching and learning methodology and didactic approaches have been in an almost constant state of flux since the advent of the Grammar - Translation method documented by German-American anthropologist Franz Boas and the Danish li...
