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10 Hottest Degrees For Fall 2006

Earning an advanced degree could be the ticket to a higher salary or better job security. Find out which ones are hottest now.

1. Sonography – Researchers continue to find new uses for ultrasonography, leading to the creation of more jobs for trained individuals capable of managing the diagnostic equipment. Read full article »

Tips In Taking A Test

It’s time to take a test. What do you do? Stare blankly at the paper? The words might be familiar but meaningless all the same. When the words finally sink in is when you realize that this is not the topic you have prepared for after all. This is an example of your worst dream coming true during an exam. Read full article »

Learning Math With Manipulatives - The Abacus

The abacus has been around in various forms for over 2300 years. It was used for various counting and operational tasks. One might even call it the original math manipulative (unless you count fingers and stones). In my younger years, abaci were relegated to the bottom shelf or used as a toy for the kinesthetic kids. Read full article »

Memorization Connected To Many Things

Learning is part of growing up. But if you’re done with learning and you think that at your stage right now you don’t need to learn at all; well, you’re wrong. Our brain never stops working and each time we absorb in new information, it continues to store it. The fact is that the brain doesn’t delete anything. It stays there even if we’re not aware that it is still there. Read full article »

So You Think You Can’t Do Mental Arithmetic?

How many times have you heard someone say ‘I can’t do mental arithmetic’?

Perhaps it is something that you have said yourself many times . . . I know I have!

The problem, I have found, is not ‘I can’t do mental arithmetic’ but ‘I don’t know how to do mental arithmetic’. Read full article »