directed study

  • 1directed study — noun a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject he registered for directed study he got credit for directed study he did directed study • Hypernyms: ↑course, ↑course of study, ↑course of instruction, ↑class …

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  • 2Directed individual study — or DIS is a college or university level class providing a more in depth and comprehensive study of a specific topic than is available in the classroom. Courses may be taken as electives. In some cases, a Directed Individual Study may be: A… …

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  • 3Directed Studies at Yale University — is a selective humanities study program for freshmen. It follows the Great Books of the Western tradition, and resembles Princeton University s Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture, Columbia University s Core Curriculum, The University …

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  • 4Directed attention fatigue — (DAF) is a neurological phenomenon that results from overuse of the brain’s inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task. The greatest threat to a given focus of attention is… …

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  • 5Directed ortho metalation — (DoM) is an adaptation of electrophilic aromatic substitution in which electrophiles attach themselves exclusively to the ortho position of a direct metalation group or DMG through the intermediary of an aryllithium compound [1]. The DMG… …

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  • 6STUDY — The study of the Torah (talmud Torah) as a supreme religious duty is one of the most typical and far reaching ideas of rabbinic Judaism. Talmudic literature is full of references to the mitzvah of Torah study, especially of the difficult halakhic …

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  • 7Directed percolation — In statistical physics Directed Percolation (DP) refers to a class of models that mimic filtering of fluids through porous materials along a given direction. Varying the microscopic connectivity of the pores, these models display a phase… …

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  • 8Directed-energy weapon — This article is about practical experiments with energy weapons. For fictional uses, see raygun. Humvee with Active Denial System mounted A directed energy weapon (DEW) emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile. It… …

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  • 9Directed listening and thinking activity — The directed listening and thinking activity (DLTA) is a strategy that was first identified by Stauffer (1980). It is used with early childhood students or students who are not yet successful independent readers. Teachers use this strategy to… …

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  • 10directed — adjective 1. (often used in combination) having a specified direction (Freq. 2) a positively directed vector goal directed • Similar to: ↑oriented, ↑orientated 2. manageable by a supervising agent a directed program of study …

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