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Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...maths and computing course Don't worry if you are not a mathematician - the point of this example is to understand the idea of looking at a question to see what thinking skills are expected. You are not expected to understand or be able to answer this question. I have lent a member of my family £1500 and it is being repaid at the rate of £75 a month. As this is a family...
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...math. So I have family who take charge of those sort of things, and that frees me up just to focus in on my writing and lecturing and touring to talk in various ways about autism. If I didn’t have that, I'm not sure quite how I’d cope. I feel very strongly about Viktor Frankl’s understanding about meaning in life, and the meaning for me is sharing about what autism...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Deall datganoli yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Deall datganoli yng Nghymru

...math o graffu ag sy'n gyffredin mewn llywodraethau eraill. Nid yw hynny'n golygu bod gwleidyddion yng Nghymru yn ymddwyn yn amhriodol, ond mae'n golygu nad yw'r diffygion yn eu polisïau a'u hymddygiad bob amser yn hysbys i bawb...Adran 2: Materion parhaus ar gyfer llywodraeth ddatganoledig: 5 Cydberthnasau rhyngsefydliadol - Nid oedd y setliadau datganoli y cytunwyd...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...maths this might be worrying, but I hope that when you get used to it – and simple familiarity goes a long way to demystifying algebra – you will see that at least it provides useful shorthand. If you know that c is being used to represent the value for the speed of light and t a time duration, then you will automatically read c×t as 'multiply the speed of light by...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...math class or in anatomy class right or a physics class right, and as absurd as that sounds it's really important to remember that the same problems the same criticisms apply. Whether we're talking about so-called all-factory learners or whether we're talking about auditory learners, or visual learners, or even kinaesthetic learners. Right the last three might see more...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...math) are in decline. I had to explain the difference between mean and median to a college graduate the other day. I wouldn’t generalise my experience to a whole generation, but one certainly does see more and more articles like this one. (Adapted from www.joannejacobs.com/ 2009/ 02/ unfit-for-a-college-education/ #comments) How would you describe the attitude of the...
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...maths. While there is some truth that lawyers and laypeople can be uncomfortable with the numbers often used in expert evidence, there are ways of overcoming this problem. In Box 4, you will be reminded about probabilities, a mathematical idea that underpins much of expert evidence. Box 4 About probabilities Much expert evidence is discussed in terms of numerical...
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...maths teacher was receptive and showed his willingness and considerable involvement with the project. In contrast, resistance was perceived from some of the language teachers. (Traver-Marti et al, 2023, p568) All the schools care about here is how good they look on paper to the outside world, and pretty much it is just run like a business. In my opinion, they are more...