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Shmoop, the Glossary

Shmoop University Inc. (popularly known as Shmoop) is a for-profit online educational technology company that specializes in test preparation materials, mental health tools, and learning content for K-12 schools.^[1]

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Educational publishing companies of the United States

Academic dishonesty

Academic dishonesty, academic misconduct, academic fraud and academic integrity are related concepts that refer to various actions on the part of students that go against the expected norms of a school, university or other learning institution.

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ACT (test)

The ACT (originally an abbreviation of American College Testing) Name changed in 1996.

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Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board.

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Ambassadors Group

Ambassadors Group, Inc. is a defunct publicly traded educational travel company based in Spokane, Washington.

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American City Business Journals

American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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American Council on Education

The American Council on Education (ACE) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) U.S. higher education association established in 1918.

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BBVA USA

BBVA USA was a bank headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life.

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California State University

The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California, and the largest public university system in the United States.

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California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), also known in athletics as Long Beach State University (LBSU), is a public research university in Long Beach, California.

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Chemistry

Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.

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Civics

In the field of political science, civics is the study of the civil and political rights and obligations of citizens in a society.

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CliffsNotes

CliffsNotes are a series of student study guides.

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Coles Notes

Coles Notes are student guides to literature, published in Canada.

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Comparative literature

Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries.

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David Siminoff

David E. Siminoff is a Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Earth science

Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth.

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Educational technology

Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning.

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Ellen Siminoff

Ellen Siminoff (born 1967, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an entrepreneur and investor.

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English studies

English studies (or simply, English) is an academic discipline taught in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in English-speaking countries.

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Financial literacy

Financial literacy is the possession of skills, knowledge, and behaviors that allow an individual to make informed decisions regarding money.

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History of the United States

The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC.

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K–12

K–12, from kindergarten to 12th grade, is an English language expression that indicates the range of years of publicly supported primary and secondary education found in the United States and Canada, which is similar to publicly supported school grades before tertiary education in several other countries, such as Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, the Philippines, South Korea, and Turkey.

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Learning

Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences.

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Lifehacker

Lifehacker is a weblog about life hacks and software that launched on 31 January 2005.

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Literature

Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Mental health

Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.

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Mobile app

A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch.

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Mountain View, California

Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Music

Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content.

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Next Generation Science Standards

The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort in the United States to create new education standards that are "rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education." The standards were developed by a consortium of 26 states and by the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Research Council, and, a nonprofit organization that was also involved in developing math and English standards.

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Outline of physical science

Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science.

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Physics

Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.

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Poetry

Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.

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Privately held company

A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.

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PSAT/NMSQT

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a standardized test administered by the College Board and cosponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in the United States.

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Publishing

Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software, and other content available to the public for sale or for free.

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Quizlet

Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. Shmoop and Quizlet are American educational websites.

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SAT

The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States.

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Schaum's Outlines

Schaum's Outlines is a series of supplementary texts for American high school, AP, and college-level courses, currently published by McGraw-Hill Education Professional, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Education.

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School district

A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary or secondary schools or both in various countries.

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Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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SparkNotes

SparkNotes, originally part of a website called The Spark, is a company started by Harvard students Sam Yagan, Max Krohn, Chris Coyne, and Eli Bolotin in 1999 that originally provided study guides for literature, poetry, history, film, and philosophy. Shmoop and SparkNotes are American educational websites.

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References

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Companies based in Arizona

Educational publishing companies of the United States

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