Term | Definition |
TEACH format | Think, Explain, Ask, Clues, Handwrite chapter highlights |
Certifications | an official document that gives proof and details of something such as personal status, educational achievements, ownership, or authenticity |
clear | easy to understand |
Concise | using as few words as possible to give the necessary information, or compressed in order to be brief |
Convincing | able to persuade somebody to believe that something is true or to act |
Proofread | to read the text and mark corrections to be made |
Active listening | the practice of paying close attention to a speaker and asking questions to ensure full comprehension |
Analogy | a comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand |
Career cluster | provide students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning the skills specific to a career, and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class make-up by a common theme |
dual enrollment | involves students being enrolled in two separate, academically related institutions. Generally, it refers to high school students taking college courses |
AP courses | advanced placement, college courses taken in high school |
IB courses | International baccalaureate, offering internationally recognized courses |
Cooperative education | a school program that allows students to receive academic credit for career work in the student's field of interest done outside the school |
internship | a type of work experience for entry level seekers |
Apprenticeship | One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business |
Extra-curricular activities | fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education, performed by students. |
transcript | an official document showing the educational work of a student in a school or college |
interpersonal skills | concerning or involving relationships between people |