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Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...double in each subsequent generation. The distribution of one member of each homologous pair of chromosomes to each gamete is a consequence of the precision of the process of meiosis. An understanding of the distribution of chromosomes, both during the production of gametes and at fertilisation, is important for exploring the inheritance of genes. Activity 1 Insert the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...double-spaced. It is illegible. There are wide margins on either side of the script to allow for tutor comments. The writing (or word processing) fills the whole page, with no margins and no spaces between lines or paragraphs. The title appears at the top of the first page. There is no title. There are few, if any, spelling mistakes. There are no separate sections or...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...double seven’. Activity 12 Lottery numbers Select the answer for Activity 12 Lottery numbers here Imagine you are taking part in a sports lottery while visiting China, and it’s now time for the announcement of the winner. Listen to the audio clip to find out whether yours are the winning numbers. From the following ten numbers, select the six winning numbers that you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...et al. (2012), Alexander (2009) and Wiggins and McTighe (2005), Mary Mendenhall and colleagues (2015) used a framework of ‘core elements’ of learner-centered education to observe teaching and learning in refugee schools in Kenya: meaningful and active pupil engagement inclusive and respectful learning environment differentiated instruction constructive classroom...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...et al., 2000; Brooks et al., 1998; Humanoid Robotics Group, 2004, online.) [Figure 1] Figure 1 Rodney Brooks and his android robot Cog. Photo by Peter Menzel. Copyright © Peter Menzel/Science Photo Library There are times when we seem to perceive things in a Cog-like way. Psychologists have shown that it is possible to influence a person's behaviour by means of stimuli...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...et al., 2022; Larkin et al., 2023). The ‘Tips’ you are developing about planning ahead well in advance, having an emergency care plan in place, thinking about options and taking time over your planning will be useful to you. As mentioned above, you can add to them as you work through the rest of the course and after you have completed the course, for example, when you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Forensic psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...circulated in the hope that somebody might recognise it. JENNIFER We began to work through this identikit where you have mouths and lips, and cheeks and chins, and noses and nostrils, and ears and everything; until you start putting together these pieces of the face that you remember seeing. NARRATOR Within a few days of the public appeal a number of suspects had been...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cefnogi datblygiad plant
Education & Development

Cefnogi datblygiad plant

...et al. (2008) rhwng cyfnodau pontio llorweddol a fertigol drwy eu cysylltu â gweithgareddau penodol. Mae cyfnodau pontio llorweddol yn digwydd bob dydd neu'n rheolaidd, ac, fel arfer, maent yn cyfeirio at symud neu newid mewn trefn. Mae cyfnodau pontio llorweddol yn disgrifio gweithgareddau fel plant yn mynd o'r ystafell ddosbarth i'r iard chwarae (symud) neu'n cymryd...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs