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.
An hour is a unit of measurement. A ratio is a comparison of similar things. You can use hours within a ratio showing something over a measurement of time. For example as speed (25 miles/kilometers per hour) or hourly wages ($7.25 per hour). An hour can also be a measurement of Right Ascension. This is a measure timing the passage of objects in the sky across the meridian as the Earth rotates.