This type of literacy is referred to as academic literacy. Academic literacy involves the kinds of reading, learning, and understanding that are related to academic tasks in content areas. Successful performance in subject areas depends on strong reading skills.
minutes. n. 1) the written record of meetings, particularly of Boards of Directors and/or Shareholders of corporations, kept by the secretary of the corporation or organization.
(mÄ­n'Ä­t) 1  A unit of time equal to 1/60 of an hour or 60 seconds. â A sidereal minute is 1/60 of a sidereal hour, and a mean solar minute is 1/60 of a mean solar hour. 2  A unit of angular measurement, such as longitude or right ascension, that is equal to 1/60 of a degree or 60 seconds.