Published by Riverside Insights, the CogAT was originally developed in the 1950s and has since gone through many updates. The most recent versions of the test are Form 7 and Form 8. The CogAT is typically administered in a group setting in schools or by a testing partner. The test date and time are determined in […]
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In this post, we will understand in detail how we use waves for our daily communications. If you’re serious about science, this is a really fundamental topic to get a grip on. We humans use waves everyday to communicate via our speech. But, how do we really make a wave, and what is a wave
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We all know the classic Tic-Tac-Toe game we play by drawing on paper or as a board game. In this post, we will see how we can write a program to print a Tic-Tac-Toe game on screen and for two players to play this game alternatively. Each player has to choose X or O in
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AI can be broken into two broad categories – narrow AI and general AI. Narrow AI is more like solving a fixed problem (in multiple possible ways, of course) using a set of programs pre-written and supervised-training. You can still argue on Narrow AI that how is it intelligence when you’re still programming and training
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Educators don’t often talk about compassion and love for children. This is because essentially we live in a world that mostly prizes only quantifiable consumerism and materialistic individual achievements. The education industry too reflects the same with its focus on accountability and measurement. Love and compassion enables teachers to see teaching as an art where
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Rock, paper scissors is played between two people, both of them choosing one out of the three options. Then, according to certain rules, one of the two is declared the winner. We will discuss these rules further and moreover, we will implement Rock, Paper, and Scissors in the python programming language. The randint() function –
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It is easy and normal to think coding is only for adults who are working for technology companies. It will truly surprise you if you sit in one of our classes and understand what children are able to do with code. We have children who designed their own 16 bit encryption algorithms, Arduino based robotic
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In this post, we shall see how to make a scrolling background or an animated moving background for any game in Scratch. The scrolling background or moving background provides a sense of motion in the game. Common background movements used in Scratch are space scenes, cityscapes, moving boulevards, and others. This enhances the reality of
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What is the CogAT Test? The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) measures the level and pattern of cognitive development of a student compared to age mates and grade mates. The CogAT is a nationally standardized test schools and educators use to identify gifted and talented students. In our regular world, we normally test children on acquired
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It is well proven now that block-based coding courses for kids is an effective and popular method for introducing programming concepts. With its user-friendly interface and visual components, block-based coding offers several advantages that make it an important tool for children’s educational development. Scratch, Thunkable, and Blockly are definitely the best block coding resources available
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