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  2. Philomath - Wikipedia

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    The shift in meaning for mathema is likely a result of the rapid categorization during the time of Plato and Aristotle of their mathemata in terms of education: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music (the quadrivium), which the Greeks found to create a "natural grouping" of mathematical (in the modern usage; "doctrina mathematica" in the ancient usage) precepts.

  3. Good citizenship - Wikipedia

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    It is thus clear that it is possible to be a good citizen without possessing the excellence which is the quality of a good man." Specifically, in his view, the good citizen is measured in relation to ruling and being ruled, the good man only in ruling. Some of the ambiguity is likely due to more than one Greek word being translated "good." [1]

  4. Mastery learning - Wikipedia

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    The motivation for mastery learning comes from trying to reduce achievement gaps for students in average school classrooms. During the 1960s John B. Carroll and Benjamin S. Bloom pointed out that, if students are normally distributed with respect to aptitude for a subject and if they are provided uniform instruction (in terms of quality and learning time), then achievement level at completion ...

  5. Best alternative to a negotiated agreement - Wikipedia

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    A BATNA represents one party's best option if negotiations fail, whereas a reservation value represents the worst deal they are willing to accept. When purchasing a bike, for example, the BATNA may represent the option of shopping at another dealer.

  6. Autodidacticism - Wikipedia

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    To interact with the environment, a framework has been identified to determine the components of any learning system: a reward function, incremental action value functions and action selection methods. [19] Rewards work best in motivating learning when they are specifically chosen on an individual student basis.

  7. Wikipedia talk:Contribute what you know or are willing to ...

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    1 Contribute what you know or are willing to learn about. 2 Always make articles as complete as possible. 3 Further Discussion. 4 Idea to lower down stubs.

  8. Willingness to communicate - Wikipedia

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    Submission in learning deeply shapes how Chinese students engage in the American ESL classroom. The teacher is seen as the source of all knowledge, so Chinese students will not value partner and small group work as highly. This also accounts of "the enthusiasm for grammar, the 'law' of the English language". Accuracy is valued much more than ...

  9. Adult education - Wikipedia

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    Exemplary situation – a workshop, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) Annual Conference in Wellington, New Zealand in 2012. Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained educating activities in order to gain new knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. [1]