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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heterogeneous grouping | Grouping students with unlike characteristics or abilities |
| homogeneous grouping | grouping students with like characteristics or abilities |
| modality | Preferred ways of learning such as seeing, hearing, touching, or moving |
| self-directed learning | The process of gradually shifting responsibility for learning to students through activities that engage them in increasingly complex patterns of thought |
| project learning | An in-depth study in an area of interest done independently or in small groups |
| student ownership | taking control of the learning process |
| vicarious learning | learning by watching someone else without direct experience |
| rote learning | memorizing facts or associations |
| reflection | to think back and carefully consider specifics of teaching and learning |
| rationale | reason behind a lesson or rule |
| precocious | advanced in development |
| graphic organizer | visual overview that shows the relationship of important concepts - for example webbing or mapping |
| discourse | verbal expression in speech or writing |
| empower | to have control or be confident in one's own learning |
| internalize | to take in or absorb and make part of one's beliefs or attitudes |