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Accessing Background Knowledge

Accessing Background Knowledge
by Oran Tkatchov, M.Ed. and Shelly Pollnow, M.Ed.
 
Students are persistently faced with new information, especially in the upper grades.  To effectively process this new information, students must construct understanding of vocabulary, create paradigm shifts, and deconstruct prior misunderstandings.  The ability to perform these tasks relies on background knowledge to

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Posted on 7th September 200918 Comments
Minnesota Health Care Directive- Disclosure of Health Information Governed by Hipaa

A Minnesota Health Care Directive typically does not empower a health care agent to act on behalf of the principle until the principal lacks capacity to make those decisions.  That is why it is a good idea to include specific language within the Health Care Directive that addresses this issue.  Minnesota Section 145C.08 states that [...]

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Posted on 20th August 200918 Comments
Accounts Receivable Financing- Don’t Worry, be Happy

There is a reason why accounts receivable financing is a four thousand year old financing technique: it works. Accounts receivable financing, factoring, and asset based financing all mean the same thing as related to asset based lending- invoices are sold or pledged to a third party, usually a commercial finance company (sometimes a bank) to [...]

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Posted on 6th January 200915 Comments