Glossary
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AssimilativeAttending to information – reading, watching, listening. | |
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Bus-stop methodTerm used in teaching to refer to long division. | |
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Problem DistillerClassification table which helps you to identify why students have specific problems in Tricky Topics. | |
Problem ExampleExamples of the problems students have which display their misunderstanding of the Tricky Topic and are symptoms of one or more Stumbling Blocks in that Tricky Topic. | |
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Stumbling BlockIdentifiable and assessable component parts of a Tricky Topic which are common to a variety of students’ problems. | |
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TaxonomyThe practice of classification. | |
threshold conceptConcepts that transform a students' understanding of a subject, without which it is impossible to progress in that subject. Sometimes counter-intuitive and difficult to grasp. | |
Tricky TopicTopics containing difficult concepts that students find difficult to learn and teachers find difficult to teach. | |