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  2. Barnes' Notes of Practice - Wikipedia

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    Notes of Cases in points of practice, taken in the Court of Common Pleas, from M.T. 1732, to H.T. 1756, inclusive. To which is added a continuation of cases to the end of the reign of Geo. II. is the title of a collection of nominate reports , by Henry Barnes, [ 1 ] of cases decided between approximately 1732 and 1760.

  3. Albert Barnes (theologian) - Wikipedia

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    Albert Barnes (December 1, 1798 – December 24, 1870) [1] was an American theologian, clergyman, abolitionist, temperance advocate, and author. Barnes is best known for his extensive Bible commentary and notes on the Old and New Testaments , published in a total of 14 volumes in the 1830s.

  4. Homework - Wikipedia

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    The intention of homework is to further test students' knowledge at home. However, there is a line between productive work and busy work. Busy work has no inherent value; it just occupies time. Karin Chenoweth provides an example of a student taking chemistry who must color a mole for homework. [13]

  5. Peer assessment - Wikipedia

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    Peer assessment, or self-assessment, is a process whereby students or their peers grade assignments or tests based on a teacher's benchmarks. [1] The practice is employed to save teachers time and improve students' understanding of course materials as well as improve their metacognitive skills.

  6. SparkNotes - Wikipedia

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    TheSpark.com was a literary website launched by four Harvard students on January 7, 1999. Most of TheSpark's users were high school and college students. To increase the site's popularity, the creators published the first six literature study guides (called "SparkNotes") on April 7, 1999. [1] [3] [4] In 2000, the creators sold the site to iTurf ...

  7. Cornell Notes - Wikipedia

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    The student leaves five to seven lines open, or about two inches (5 cm), at the bottom of the page. Notes from a lecture or text are written in the note-taking column; notes usually consist of the main ideas of the text or lecture, and longer ideas are paraphrased. Long sentences are avoided; symbols or abbreviations are used instead.

  8. Tinbergen's four questions - Wikipedia

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    Explanation of current form in terms of a historical sequence: Static view Explanation of the current form of species: How vs. why questions: Proximate view How an individual organism's structures function Ontogeny (development) Developmental explanations for changes in individuals, from DNA to their current form Mechanism (causation)

  9. Being and Nothingness - Wikipedia

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    Explanation of terms based on appendix to the English edition of Being and Nothingness by translator Hazel Barnes [14] Being (être): Including both Being-in-itself and Being-for-itself (both as defined below), but the latter is the nihilation of the former. Being is objective, not subjective or individual.