AP Chemistry Exam - Multiple Choice Questions and How to Solve Them

AP Chemistry Exam - Multiple Choice Questions and How to Solve ThemWhen you apply to AP Chemistry, you have to take the written exam and the oral examination, both with a test-taker identification number. This is the first step in securing your place on the waiting list. It is usually about a month before you start to receive calls from admissions officers.One of the more intimidating tests you are likely to face is the multiple choice exam. This is an algebra-based chemistry test and you will be asked to choose one of the three options provided on the multiple choice tests. There are a few questions that are considered passing answers and there are also some questions that are pass/fail questions. The majority of questions are passed.When you took the math course you probably used a calculator or graphing calculator to do your calculations. This is not required on this exam and you should not use it to help you choose an answer. Since the multiple choice format is different, you mig ht want to use a pencil and paper instead of a calculator.The verbal exam is often quite tough for a non-math person and you might have a hard time focusing your attention on what you are learning. Many people find it difficult to focus on just a single topic and often rely on their memory. You have to make sure that you are able to read the questions so that you know what you should be studying.You will be working on lab projects and you will have to build up your knowledge of the labs. Some of the labs are going to require you to do something that is outside of the curriculum. You will be working with the textbooks you already have and you may want to study up on how to solve the problems ahead of time.You will have to go through the labs and answer questions. You will have to follow a set of instructions and make sure that you get all of the assignments correct. Make sure that you understand all of the lab work before you start them. If you get stuck, you should read through the solutions in advance and then try to solve the problem on your own.By taking the whole body of work in one sitting, you will learn how to do multiple tasks. This will allow you to move up and higher in the class without having to repeat the last grade. If you take the entire curriculum in a semester, you will have a much better chance of advancing.

Catch Your Child Being Good this Holiday Season

Catch Your Child Being Good this Holiday Season Spending time with family around the holidays can be wonderful, and for parents of kids with ADHD it can also be stressful. When youre visiting family and friends that you only see a few times a year you want more than ever to have things go smoothly. Its a tall order when your childs routine is disrupted, and when he or she is so excited about the holidays! As a parent, when you are stressed, your childs minor misbehaviors the ones that you would typically let slide may really get under your skin. So, youre more likely to notice the things that your child is doing wrong, and overlook the things that he or she may be doing right. As a result, your child receives even more attention for his or her misbehavior, and this attention even though its negative often leads to an increase in challenging behaviors. Making an effort to notice your childs positive behavior, and praise him or her when he or she is doing something right can help break this cycle. When you catch your child being good you set them up for success. You start to lay the foundation for positive family interactions, you build his or her self-esteem, and you increase the chance of seeing more positive behavior in the future. In order for praise to be most effective, and actually lead to a change in family dynamics and your childs behavior, youll need to be strategic about how and when you deliver the praise. The following guidelines will help you get off to a good start: Be Specific. Let your child know exactly what he or she did well. For example, You did a great job helping your sister find her toy. rather than Good job! When youre specific your child knows exactly what it is that he or she did well, and will be more likely to do it again in the future. Be genuine. Kids respond well to praise when its heartfelt and genuine, and when your level of enthusiasm matches their behavior. For example, lets say that your child does something that isnt very hard for him or her, like tying his or her shoes, for example. You respond with over the top enthusiasm, Wow! You tied your shoes, amazing! Youre child isnt going to find you very believable, and might even think that youre acting strange. But, if you say something more genuine, like, I noticed that you tied your shoes the first time I asked. Thank you. Then he or she will be much more likely to accept your praise. Praise effort. Studies show that kids who are praised for their hard work and effort, rather than for their intelligence or abilities, are more likely to approach new challenges with a positive attitude and have the motivation to keep trying even when things are hard. So, if your child gets a good grade on a math assignment, rather than saying, Nice job! Youre so smart at math! focus on the things that he or she did in order to earn the grade, like, You worked really hard on that assignment and double checked all of your answers before your turned it in. Your hard work really paid off! Nicely done! Remember 5:1: It takes quite a few positive statements to offset the effects of negative feedback and criticism. So as a rule of thumb, aim for 5 positive comments for every negative statement. If this seems like a tall order, start with a smaller ratio, like 3:1 and work your way up. Shift the balance in your home, from only commenting on the negative to really praising the positive. Noticing your childs good behavior, and following these praise guidelines will go a long way in helping things go more smoothly this holiday season and throughout the year. Over time youll see even more good behavior and improved family relationships as your child continues to seek and receive more positive attention from you. ABOUT DR. 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How to Use the Past Perfect Simple

How to Use the Past Perfect Simple Download a lesson on the past perfect for Business English. You are free to photocopy it for classroom purposes. Understanding-the-Past-Perfect-SimpleDownload When we talk about a past event that happened before another past event, we use the Past Perfect Simple. Use the Past Perfect Simple when you name a later event before an earlier event. Key phrases: by the time Julie arrived at work, by the end of the day, by the end of last week, etc. Compare: I broke a heel and a taxi splashed me. Then, I arrived at work. By the time I arrived at work, I had broken a heel and a taxi had splashed me. Structure: Subject + had + Past Participle         Julie had a difficult commute This is how Julie described her commute This is what Julies colleague said Fill in the blanks with other things Julies colleague said Here are some verbs to help you Please follow and like us:

4 Wise Lessons from Four Seriously Good Language Learners

4 Wise Lessons from Four Seriously Good Language Learners 4 Wise  Lessons from Four Seriously Good  Language Learners Weve got your back.If youre looking for motivation and encouragement in language learning, other language learners are your best bet, no doubt.Weve all shared tips and tricks with our classmates, harried our tutors with questions, and mined online language communities for new resources and techniques.But if you  really want to jumpstart your studies and reach your goals,  theres one group of people whose advice  you  cant afford  to miss:  the very best language learners!I’m talking about the masters, the ones who innovated or made history with their techniques and drive. Past and present have provided us with a host of big names in language learning, although you may not have heard of them yet.The best teacher is one whos been down the path before, one who devised a better way of doing things.Without further ado, here are four  ground-breaking lessons from four  champion language learners!4 Wise  Lessons from Four Seriously Good  Language Learners 1. Don’t let age hold you back .Kató Lomb: Hungarian translator, simultaneous interpreter, polyglotLomb is one of those polyglots everyone should know about. She was a pretty intense lady with a crazy life. She knew 16 languages at various levels by the time she died, and she was always curious about more. And she lived a long life, tooâ€"94 years!She certainly wasn’t one of those people who insist that adults are hopeless at picking up languages. Sure, she started her languages young, but she kept gathering more and more throughout her entire life. In her late 40s, she walked into an advanced university Polish class (she wasnt an enrolled student) and boldly told the professor she had no experience with Polish and she certainly didn’t have the prerequisites. The professor allowed her to sit in on the class, and Polish became a language in which Lomb was quite proficient.In her 80s, Lomb chatted  with Dr. Stephen Krashen (a professor at the University of Southern California who created the famed “input hyp othesis”), which he chronicled in his article here. Krashen was then in his 50s, and Lomb envied his youth, saying, “So many more languages to learn!”How  to apply this lesson:Remember it’s never too late to start learning a new language. Life is long, and theres enough time for all of your projects and pursuits! Be like Kató Lomb and just dive right inâ€"no matter your age.Try doing one small thing today to get you closer to fluency in your chosen language: study a textbook for 10 minutes, watch a TV show in your target language  or sit down with some flashcards.Adults are way better at hacking their studies than kids, so try resources that take advantage of thatâ€"like  SRS, online games  and novels in your target language (a favorite technique of Lombs).  It all adds up!2. Be creative with your learning methods.Khatzumoto:  Author of the blog “All Japanese All The Time”Here’s a more modern example for you. On his blog, Khatzumoto wrote about how he achieved fluency in Japanese in 18 months, all without living in Japan. He then chronicled his Mandarin and Cantonese learning processes as he navigated Chinese media and newer learning methods.That’s all very impressive, but here’s where Khatzumoto should really inspire you: He wasn’t happy with how Westerners presented and learned East Asian languages. Sure, he had a lifelong admiration of Japanese and Chinese, but the standing rhetoric was, and is, that those languages are impossible for Westernersâ€"that the writing systems take a decade to learn  and  foreigners would never achieve native-sounding tones.Hearing talk like that can get discouraging!But Khatzumoto examined the traditional learning techniques for Japaneseâ€"namely, textbooks, language tapes and rote memorization for kanji  and hanziâ€"and decided to abandon those methods in search of a better way of doing things.He lifted the methods from Antimoon,  a website that shares the techniques of a couple of Polish guys who learned English by watching TV, reading and playing video games:  immersion. He studied Dr. Krashen’s input hypothesis, which advocates that with enough exposure to the language, retention of vocab and grammar becomes much more natural.He discovered Dr. James Heisig’s book Remembering the Kanji,  which uses  mnemonic devices to efficiently teach all 2,042 everyday-use kanji. He combined and tweaked these as needed, and used sentences in his SRS to pick up grammar and vocabulary organically.And he achieved his goal! He reached fluency!How  to apply this lesson:If you’re not happy with your course or textbook, critically examine your methods. Ask yourself: Do any of your resources bore you to tears? Have you made notable progress in the last couple of months using a certain resource? Keep a journal where you keep track of your progress in reading, writing, speaking and listening.Check in every month or so, and make sure youre still on track and still having fun. If something isnt workin g for youâ€"or if its plain unenjoyableâ€"toss it out. Believe me, theres plenty more you can use!Try immersion like Khatzumoto, and use apps like FluentU if you get stuck for resources. Find a conversation partner to practice with, or shift your focus from speaking to understanding à la Krashen’s input hypothesis. There’s no one way to do things, so if something isn’t working for you, try something new. Never stop experimenting!3. Don’t be afraid to look ridiculous at times.Dr. Alexander Argüelles:  Intellectual, educator, hyperpolyglotArgüelles is the intellectual’s polyglot. He focuses on reading ability, and can read books in a massive  number of different languages. But don’t think that means that he’s too reservedâ€"he advocates the technique “shadowing  whereby learners simultaneously speak the target language along with a recording to improve pronunciation and prosody.Don’t think that sounds ridiculous enough? Well, in the book Babel No More  by Michael Erard, the author examines the lives of a number of polyglots, including Argüelles. The author has the chance to meet up with Argüelles and begins to study Hindi under his tutelage.Argüelles soon has Erard shouting Hindi phrases along with a recording all while briskly walking through a public park. Sure, Erard felt embarrassed doing this, but he gained confidence in those phrases he acquired.How  to apply this lesson:Try out shadowing, or even just talking to yourself for practice. Check out this video to see Argüelles himself demonstrate the technique. First, acquire audio samples in your target language. High-quality course recordings from  Assimil, Teach Yourself  or Pimsleur  work great for this, but so do many others.While listening, and without using a transcript, repeat the sounds of each word almost simultaneously with the recording, whether you understand it or not. Try to include shadowing  in your daily sessions, even for short periods of 10 to 15 minutes.It might fe el strange  at first, but embarrassment is a feeling all language learners need  to get past in order to advance, so it’s best to get used to the feeling early on.Especially if you can’t find someone to practice with, these techniques increase your speaking confidence. You’ll be that  much more  prepared for when you do get the opportunity to speak in a real-life situation!4. Milk limited resources for all they’re worth.Giuseppe Mezzofanti: 19th  century Italian cardinal, hyperpolyglot, the MezzofantiIf you’re interested in languages and haven’t yet heard of Mezzofanti,  Id be pretty surprised.He’s famous among language enthusiasts for good reason. It was said he spoke at least 30  languages excellently, nine other languages fluently, and had basic knowledge of dozens of others. History is rife with stories of Mezzofanti’s prowess at picking up languages in short periods of time.Some of this can be chalked up to legend and hyperbole. I, however, am a believer that Me zzofanti did possess rare skillâ€"one he cultivated through dedicated study and practice. After all, in Babel No More, Erard has the privilege to read Mezzofanti’s multilingual letters and flashcards. He used flashcards just like everyone else!In other words, anyone can emulate Mezzofanti.One Mezzofanti story is especially reassuring and helpful. Mezzofanti heard prisoners’ confessions regularly, in a number of languages. If he didn’t know the language in question, Mezzofanti would ask the prisoner to say the Lord’s Prayer in the language, and Mezzofanti would tease apart this short snippet to glean basic vocabulary and grammar.After all, this particular prayer was something he knew very well and in a number of different languages. By comparing short samples of the same text, Mezzofanti turned language acquisition in something more like decoding. He started all of his languages with the Lord’s Prayer.I have my doubts that this would give Mezzofanti the ability to understan d everything prisoners were saying, but there’s no doubt in my mind that this a great way to use limited resources to gain a basic understanding of a language. Mezzofanti lived at a time when it was much more difficult to come across resources in different languages. He capitalized on what was available, since he didn’t always have the luxury to get more.How  to apply this lesson:Getting the most out of our resources is something all language learners can take advantage of. Some of us just don’t have the ability to get to a country where we can buy all the books and movies we want. Some of us have limited money for such things. But even then, we surely have more than just a short snippet of text in our target languages, so imagine what we can do with that and  a little focus!Try comparing Wikipedia pages in your target language and native language and see what words you can define. Choose a topic you already know a lot about, and get yourself comfortable with the English Wikip edia page first. Compare small sections, perhaps under similar headings. Define all the words in a paragraph, and write them down in a notebook. Examine the grammar and take a stab at what it means.  Study deeply instead of widely!Obviously, Wikipedia pages wont be an exact translation, but you can still compare word usage and match up sentences where the writers were saying similar things. Another  free resource to try this with is  news articles. Find a hot topic international news article in English, and then find an article on the  same topic  in your target language. News articles tend to be short and succinctâ€"perfect for comparing languages! Again, hunt for places where the text is likely to be similar, such as headings or near proper nouns like famous names or places. Then figure out what you can!If you want to pull a true Mezzofanti and study exact texts, its easy to find translations of popular English-language books in common languages. For example, Ive read Harry Potter in Spanish, French and Dutch, as well as in English! Im a huge fan, so I already know the books well. Comparing chapters of Harry Potter makes parsing a new language fun and easy. If you like Harry Potter, e-book translations are easy to purchase at Pottermore. Choose texts you already know well (it doesnt have to be Harry Potter!), and then dive into the translation.There are plenty of polyglots, past and present, who mastered language learning. And they  have lots  to teach us, whether it’s through their own writings or simply through how they lived.By examining these heroes of language learning, we can amp up our own studies, stay motivated and achieve the goals we’ve set!

5 Great Science Courses You Can Get For Free Online

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Homeschooling from an Insiders Perspective

Homeschooling from an Insider's Perspective We are all familiar with the stereotypical homeschooler: a student who goes to the park for P.E. and probably goes to school in pajamas, a privilege he is usually envied for. Over the past few years, this stereotype has become increasingly irrelevant as more and more families, especially in California, have decided to pull their children out of the public school system in order to ensure that they get the best education possible. Being a homeschooled student myself, I have come to see the many benefits of homeschooling and treasure the years I spent studying at home.The first thing that comes to mind is the personalized attention my brother and I always had. We attended “class” every weekday by logging into the A Beka Academy streaming website and watching pre-recorded lectures in an actual classroom. This allowed us to pause the video or go back if we were struggling with a particular concept. Added to that was the fact that our parents, science students themselves, were also av ailable to reinforce the material.Homeschooling also gave us the chance to study without the constant distractions of an average public or private school education. There was no need to have a “social life” or to maintain innumerable connections all at the same time. In a way, homeschooling made it easier to set academic goals, even long-term goals, and stick to them at the simple, everyday level. For me personally, this meant that my faith in Christ and relationship with Him had to be the guiding force of my education. From the very outset of high school, I decided that if it were the Lord’s will, I wanted to become a medical missionary. To do that, I would have to study very hard to get into a good college and later, a good medical school. Looking back, I realize that the loving support of my family and teachers helped me to take solid steps in that direction.Another important aspect of homeschooling that many families treasure is the opportunity to grow close by learning an d working together, and my family was no exception. True, my brother and I missed our friends from the private school we used to attend, but over time, we found other friends in our parents and in each other. Soon enough, the laughs, the discussions, and even the long, quiet study hours created a bond among us that we treasure to this day.Homeschooling has come a long way since its earliest stages of Puritan practice, and yet the stereotypes connected with it remain. Is it only meant for the lazy or bullied? Is it really substandard? In my experience and in that of many others, homeschooling has been anything but the stereotypical program many think it to be. With enough time and patience, I believe that families everywhere can change this state of affairs and prove homeschooling to be the excellent form of education I have found it to be.

Achieving An Effective Organic Chemistry Tutor

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How to Find a Georgetown Chemistry Tutor

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