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2. Ayds - Wikipedia

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   The original packaging used the phrase "Ayds Reducing Plan vitamin and mineral Candy"; a later version used the phrase "appetite suppressant candy". The active ingredient was originally benzocaine, [1] presumably to reduce the sense of taste to reduce eating, later changed in the candy (as reported by The New York Times) to phenylpropanolamine. [2]

3. Response to Intervention - Wikipedia

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   Standardized universal screeners and regular progress monitoring assessments are used to evaluate students' proficiency in core knowledge and skills (e.g., reading, mathematics), as well as determine any necessary modifications to the instruction or appropriate interventions for those appearing as below grade level.

4. Backward design - Wikipedia

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   Ralph W. Tyler introduced the idea of "backward design" (without using this particular term) in 1949 when referring to a statement of objectives.A statement of objectives is used to indicate the kinds of changes in the student to be brought about so that instructional activities can be planned and developed in a way likely to attain these objectives.

5. Jigsaw (teaching technique) - Wikipedia

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   Students in jigsaw classrooms ("jigsaws") showed a decrease in prejudice and stereotyping, liked in-group and out-group members more, showed higher levels of self-esteem, performed better on standardized exams, liked school more, reduced absenteeism, and mixed with students of other races in areas other than the classroom compared to students in traditional classrooms ("trads").

6. Shutterstock - Wikipedia

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   Shutterstock, Inc. is an American provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools; [4] it is headquartered in New York. [5] Founded in 2002 by programmer and photographer Jon Oringer, [6] Shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, [7] vector graphics, and illustrations, [8] with around 10 million video clips and music tracks ...

7. Class-size reduction - Wikipedia

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   In a review of the literature, Finn et al. (2003) [41] analyzed 11 separate class size studies, and nearly all showed a positive impact of smaller classes on students' learning behavior, including decreases in anti-social behavior (i.e., withdrawing from interactions with the teacher or other students and/or engaging in disruptive acts) and ...

8. Approaches to prejudice reduction - Wikipedia

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   Interdependence approaches to prejudice reduction are based on psychologist, Morton Deutsch's, theory of interdependence. [2] According to this theory, when two groups realize that they have a common issue that can only be solved by pooling their resources together, they are more likely to engage in cooperative behaviors.

9. Primary education - Wikipedia

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   The ISCED definition in 1997 posited that primary education normally started between the ages of 5 – 8 and was designed to give a sound basic education in reading, writing, and mathematics along with an elementary understanding of other subjects.