Glossary
AssimilativeAttending to information – reading, watching, listening. |
Bus-stop methodTerm used in teaching to refer to long division. |
Digital StorytellingIt enables computer users to become creative storytellers through the traditional processes of selecting a topic, conducting some research, writing a script, and developing an interesting story. |
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. |
Stumbling BlockIdentifiable and assessable component parts of a Tricky Topic which are common to a variety of students’ problems. |
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. |