Teaching

Teaching

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Activation of prior knowledge

Education; Teaching

A constructivist instructional strategy aimed at having students access their own prior knowledge in order to develop meaning by combining new information with their own previous knowledge.

World wide web (WWW)

Education; Teaching

A sub-portion of the Internet where text, images, and video are accessed; what most people refer to as the Internet.

Work placement

Education; Teaching

Placing students in specific jobs or employment settings to gain work-related knowledge and skills outside of traditional educational institutions.

Work load

Education; Teaching

The amount of work assigned to a person during a specific time period.

Work experience

Education; Teaching

Skills and knowledge gained from having been employed or during occupation-related assignments.

Statistical process of determining a factor for an item to reflect the importance of the item as it relates to other items, e.g. One test item may be "weighted" to count twice as much as any other ...