The learning cycle consists of what four steps?
a. prepare, dispute new ideas, rewrite, review/apply.
b. prepare, absorb new ideas, record, review/apply.
c. prepare, absorb new ideas, record, disregard/discount.
d. prepare, absorb new ideas, talk, review/apply.

D). Prepare, absorb new ideas, record, review/apply.

Explanation:

Learning cycle is illustrated as the process of learning through experience. It involves different phases beginning  from the 'preparation'. The four stages begin form 'preparation' that involves the development of interest in the topic or text which is followed by 'absorption of new ideas' which occurs when one reads a text, he/she accumulates certain new ideas which require to be arrested to learn them. This stage is followed by the 'combining of new knowledge' with their prior knowledge or skills in order to affiliate and merge them more efficiently. Last step involves the 'application' or 'practicing' it time to time as per the needs which reflects how much one has learnt. Thus, option D is the correct answer.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.