Thursday, 28 March 2024, 10:23 AM
Site: edulabs.org academy
Course: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossary: US Educational Terms Glossary (Garland Green)
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hands-on/minds-on activitiesActivities that engage students physical as well as mental skills to solve problems. Students devise a solution strategy predict outcomes activate or perform the strategy reflect on results and compare end results with predictions. |
heterogeneous groupingGrouping together students of varying abilities interests or ages. |
High Priority Schools Grant Program (HPSGP)A program created to provide funds for schools in the lower half of the state rankings (Deciles 1-5) based on the API. It focuses on schools with APIs that fall in the bottom ten percent of all schools and replaces the II/USP. Schools volunteer to be in this program. (Ed Source) |
higher-order questionsQuestions that require thinking and reflection rather than single-solution responses. |
higher-order thinking skillsUnderstanding complex concepts and applying sometimes conflicting information to solve a problem which may have more than one correct answer. |
Highly Qualified TeacherAccording to NCLB, a teacher who has obtained full state teacher certification or has passed the state teacher licensing examination and holds a license to teach in the state; holds a minimum of a bachelor’s degree; and has demonstrated subject area competence in each of the academic subjects in which the teacher teaches. (Ed Source) |
holistic scoringUsing a scoring guide or anchor papers to assign a single overall score to a performance. (See scoring guide.) |