TTC Learning Objects

- Time Management: how to manage your time effectively
- Time management
- In this learning activity, you will learn tips to improve your personal time management. You will also learn what activities are time wasters and how to prioritize your activities so that you can accomplish more each day. There is also an activity...
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- GPA Calculation
- Grade point average; Grading and marking; Credit hours; Grades; Grade report
- This learning activity will demonstrate how to calculate your grade point average.
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- Top 10 Test-Taking Tips
- Test taking skills; Study skills; Top ten; Tips; Study; Test; Prepare; Positive attitude; Instincts; Focus; Coherent
- In this learning activity, you will learn valuable tips to help you be successful when taking tests. You will learn how to prepare for test and strategies to use during tests.
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- Strategies for Student Success
- Success; Academic achievement; Strategies; Study; Tips
- In this learning activity, you will be introduced to strategies that can help you to be a successful student. Some of the strategies addressed include ways to schedule your time and to stick to a schedule, take charge of your own learning, set...
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- Test Anxiety
- Test Tips; Anxiety; Physical reactions; Emotional reactions; Psychological reactions; Test taking
- This learning activity will help you understand what happens when test anxiety occurs and what you can do to manage that anxiety before and during the test.
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- Student Organizations
- Student clubs
- The key to your success at Trident Technical College is being connected to the College and involved in your own education. One way you can be successful is to join a student organization. This learning activity will show you the 40 different...
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- Note-Taking Techniques
- Note-Taking tips; Cornell method; Mapping method
- This learning activity will show you how to take better notes and to summarize material better to help you study more effectively. You will also learn two different ways to take notes: the Cornell Method and the Mapping Method.
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- Economics: Supply and Demand Models
- Supply; Demand; Markets; Economy; Economics; Demand curves; Supply curves; External variables; Equilibrium; Price; Quantity
- This learning object will help the student will gain an understanding of how external forces can affect supply and demand and impact decision making in a market-based economy and be able to identify on diagrams how demand and supply curves shift in...
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- Fractions: Adding, Simplifying and Subtracting Fractions
- Fraction; Common denominator; Numerator; Denominator; Least common denominator; Improper fraction; Equation; Add; Simplify; Subtract
- After viewing this learning object, the student will know how to add fractions with and without common denominators, how to simplify fractions, and how to subtract fractions.
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- College-Level Algebra: Working with Logarithms and Exponentials
- Logarithm; Exponential; Log base; Logarithm notation; Extraneous
- After completing the learning object, the student should understand the properties of logarithms and exponentials, be able to apply the properties to simplify and solve equations, and be able to evaluate logarithms on a calculator.
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- Focusing the Microscope: The Standard Laboratory Compound Light Microscope
- Standard laboratory compound light microscope; Specimen; Magnification objective; Ocular eyepiece; Coarse adjustment; Stage; Light intensity adjustment; Revolving nosepiece; X/Y-axis; Condenser; Aperture iris diaphragm ring; Interpupillary...
- After viewing this learning object, the student will be familiar with the parts of a standard laboratory compound light microscope. The student will also understand how to utilize the light microscope to observe specimens and be able to focus the...
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- MLA (Modern Language Association): Documenting Sources
- MLA documentation style; Anthology; Documentation; Works cited
- This learning activity will define and illustrate the MLA documentation style by providing examples of the correct documentation within the text of a document, as well as the correct format for works cited entries.
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- Electronic Records: How to Access and Use NetLibrary
- NetLibrary; Electronic book; Database; E-book
- This learning object will show how to access and use electronic books in the Learning Resource Center’s NetLibrary database.
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- Probability Events: Independent, Dependent and Multiplication Rule
- Independent event; Dependent event; Multiplication rule; Probability; Replacement; Marbles; Dice
- After viewing this learning object, the student will be able to determine whether a sequence of events are independent or dependent events and will use the appropriate multiplication rule to find the probability that both events occur.
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- College-Level Algebra: Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
- Quadratic equation; Factor; Zero-factor property
- After completing the learning object, the student should be able to solve quadratic equations by writing them in standard form, factoring, and using the zero-factor property.
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- College Level-Trigonometry: The Unit Circle
- Unit circle; Sine; Cosine; Quadrantal; Angle; Initial ray; Terminal ray; Hypotenuse; Right triangle; Trigonometry; Radius; Coordinates.
- After viewing this learning object, the student will be able to evaluate the sine and cosine values of quadrantal angles and specified angles on the unit circle.
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- Unit Conversions: Using Ratios to Represent Relationships
- Conversion factor; Ratio; Square inches; Inch pounds; Torque wrench
- After viewing this learning object, the student will understand unit conversions better in order to solve math word problems.
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- Solvent Welding PVC and Repair
- Polyvinyl chloride pipe; PVC; Solvent weld; Irrigation; Ketone; Telescoping coupler; Compression coupler
- After completing the learning object, the student will understand the properties of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and be able to weld and repair it.
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- English Grammar: The Most Common Sentence Structure Problems and Solutions
- Fragment; Run-on sentence; Fused sentence; Comma splice; Independent clause; Dependent clause; Phrase; Subject; Verb, Subordinating conjunction; Coordinating conjunction
- This learning activity will identify and define the most common sentence structure problems and provide useful techniques to write papers with correct sentence structures. There are also learning activities to test and reinforce the correct way to...
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- APA (American Psychological Association): Documenting Sources
- Parenthetical references; Bibliographic entries; APA documentation, References; Electronic sources; Reference entries
- This Learning Object will help the student define and illustrate the APA documentation style by providing examples of the correct documentation within the text of a document, as well as the correct format for bibliographic...
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