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tools of intellectual adaptation

methods of thinking, learning, or remembering or strategies for problem solving that children internalize from their interactions with more competent members of society. [defined by Lev Vygotsky]

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October 10th 2024

SSE

SSE

1. abbreviation for subacute spongiform encephalopathy. See Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.

2. symbol for sum of squared errors. See error sum of squares.