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WRITING AID [3 records]

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Record 1 2018-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

An idea map, also called a mind map, is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Idea maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas and aid in studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions, and writing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

La carte d'organisation d'idées est un système révolutionnaire de représentation des idées [...] La méthode repose principalement sur l'utilisation d'une image centrale, de mots clés, de codes et de symboles. Une carte d'organisation d'idées permet de consigner une grande quantité d'information sur une seule page et de structurer efficacement sa pensée.

CONT

La carte heuristique est un outil pour penser : une représentation visuelle du fonctionnement du cerveau qui permet de refléter la réflexion, la connaissance, la mémoire et de stimuler la créativité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

A request by a court made of a foreign court in writing to secure the aid of the foreign court, backed by its power, in obtaining desired information in the form of a deposition by a person within the jurisdiction of the foreign court or to obtain the production of a record within the jurisdiction of such court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

lettre rogatoire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
OBS

Guidelines for Reporting and Writing About People With Disabilities, is a most helpful aid for writers in creating a "straightforward, positive view of people with disabilities. "The Guidelines, offer suggestions or appropriate ways to describe people with disabilities and explains preferred terminology. The National Fair Housing Advocate, July 1995, page 5.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
OBS

The National Fair Housing Advocate, July 1995, page 5.

Spanish

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