Word: subtractive
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...physical experience, then moves to pictorial and finally symbolic representation. He teaches about integers by leading students on a tour of civil rights monuments. The kids then draw pictures of the journey and create number lines in which each stop represents an integer, and use them to add and subtract positive and negative numbers. "The idea is to use their real-life experience to learn abstract concepts," says Moses...
...physical experience, then moves to pictorial and finally symbolic representation. He teaches about integers by leading students on a tour of civil rights monuments. The kids then draw pictures of the journey and create number lines in which each stop represents an integer, and use them to add and subtract positive and negative numbers. "The idea is to use their real-life experience to learn abstract concepts," says Moses...
...ever. (“Only Shakespeare rivals her for the number of senior theses devoted to her work,” Professor Barbara Johnson quipped when introducing Morrison.) Morrison is without a doubt the preeminent black woman author in America today. Go back and re-read that sentence. Then subtract the two words before “author.” Few people would argue the veracity of the statement, but Morrison would rather you leave them...
...going digital, however. The same study showed that because radiologists could adjust the images, they needed fewer retakes, sparing women the discomfort (and extra radiation) of a repeat mammogram. Also, digital systems upgrade more easily to accommodate future innovations, such as software filters that will allow doctors to "subtract" out healthy tissue and show only tiny tumors. "There are a lot of exciting possibilities down the road," says Dr. Etta Pisano of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who will be heading up a large study comparing analog and digital mammography later this year. "The technology is still...
...Subtract this fidgety marionette from the Lorne Michaels production, and you have a fairly handsome talk show package waiting for a real entertainer to step in," wrote Shales just two days after the new host's debut...