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    While both Piaget and Vygotsky were similar in their views in certain ways. Most commonly shared were their views as constructivists (the idea of learning by doing) and believed that social forces set the limits of development. The most obvious difference is their view of cognitive development. Where Piaget felt that cognition develops in four discreet stages that are limited‚ Vygotsky believed the opposite‚ that there are no stages and development is continuous. Where there are a few areas that

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    ------------------------------------------------- Aquatic animal From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia An aquatic animal is an animal‚ either vertebrate or invertebrate‚ which lives in water for most or all of its life.[1] Some examples of invertebrates are coelenterates. This phylum consists of jellyfish‚ anemones‚ corals‚ and hydras. Another type of invertebrate aquatic animal is the annelids which are segmented worms. There are three different classes they are polychaetes‚ oligochaetes‚ and

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    Bottlenose Dolphin Essay

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    Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Jenkins) The Common Bottlenose Dolphin is arguably the most popular species of the Delphinidae family. Because they are found in both temperate and tropical waters‚ they are the most studied; a majority of our Physiology knowledge about Delphinids as a family is based on Bottlenose Dolphins (Cozzi 411). Because of the wide variety of habitats and climates that Bottlenose Dolphins inhabit‚ there is a lot of debate about how many different species are encompassed

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    The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a rare‚ poorly understood species of deep-sea shark. Another name for this species is elfin shark.[1] Sometimes called a "living fossil‚" it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae‚ a lineage some 125 million years old. This species looks unlike any other shark‚ with a long flattened snout‚ highly protrusible jaws containing prominent nail-like teeth‚ and pink coloration. It is usually between three and four meters (10–13 ft) long when

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    ------------------------------------------------- State Results All times eastern (EST) time zone State and Votes | Poll Closing | % Reporting | Obama | Romney | Alabama (9) | 8:00 PM EST | 99% | 38%793‚620 | 61%1‚252‚453 | Alaska (3) | 1:00 AM EST* | 86% | 41%97‚564 | 55%129‚858 | Arizona (11) | 9:00 PM EST | 85% | 44%901‚035 | 54%1‚108‚503 | Arkansas (6) | 8:30 PM EST | 97% | 37%392‚401 | 61%644‚784 | California (55) | 11:00 PM EST | 81% | 59%6‚493‚924 | 38%4‚202‚127 | Colorado

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    In Ancient Greece‚ different forms of government existed throughout the 1500+ city-states (similar to communities). Athens‚ for example‚ one of the most known city-states in Ancient times was the birthplace of democracy and was that way for nearly 200 years prior to the age and rule of Alexander The Great. In the following paragraphs‚ we will contrast and compare the different forms of government and rule that took place during that period. We will start with the differences of each one. Monarchy

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    - copy right a) Explain the relationship between Plato’s Form of the Good and the other Forms. Plato was a dualist and so believed that human beings consisted of two parts- body and soul. This view is portrayed throughout Plato’s famous theory of the Forms of which he suggests that true substances are not physical bodies‚ but are the eternal Forms that our bodies are merely the imperfect copy. In his Theory he tells of a World of Forms representing knowledge‚ which he also names the ‘real’ world

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    construction project Sustainability of the Aquatics Centre Authors Kirsten Henson KLH Sustainability (previously Aquatics Centre Sustainability Single Point of Contact) Abstract ‘Legacy’ is the concept that underlies the sustainability agenda of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games‚ embracing temporary infrastructure and venues to leave behind a vibrant‚ productive community with world-class‚ affordable sporting facilities. The Aquatics Centre‚ developed as an architectural

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    following examples will be based on a dolphin population in which the trait being studied is curvy-tipped flippers versus pointy-tipped flippers. In each individual‚ the trait is coded for by TWO alleles. In the population‚ one of the alleles is dominant and one is recessive. Individuals with two dominant alleles (homozygous dominant) have curvy-tipped flippers and individuals with two recessive alleles (homozygous recessive) have pointy-tipped flippers. Heterozygotes have curvy-tipped flippers. Let’s say

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    Abstract We have different forms of socializing or communicating with others. However‚ there are still some people who use languages that are not appropriate which affect someone ’s image‚ feelings and reputation. Women’s average supremacy has been a fraction of men’s supremacy. That is why this research will arouse people’s mind in using language that leads to discrimination against women rendering them invisible in our society. This study will check whether people should use the same word

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