This practical and related-to-real-life type of learning is the result of the combination of traditional classroom-based learning with activities outside the school which do not only include conventional homework, but also several opportunities for learners to involve their community members in the learning process.

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Advocates of synthetic phonics believe that children should have an intensive period of learning letter-combination sounds before they are introduced to books.

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The University of Phoenix, set up in 1989 to teach adults through a combination of old-fashioned distance learning and evening classes, is incorporating more and more e-learning into its courses, which are mostly taken by people with full-time jobs.

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The combination of advertising-supported content and machine learning creates the potential for the kind of highly targetable environment that marketers have been dreaming of.

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The trouble, say critics, is the combination of strict grading with an overloaded timetable and a focus on learning through failure.

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With the continuous advances in solid-state memory capacity (on microSD cards), the combination of a media player and radio results in a far more powerful learning tool.

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