Education Flashcards

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to cover a lot of ground

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to deal with much information and many facts

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to tailor teaching styles/strategies

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to prepare teach styles following particular instructions

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a high-flyer

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someone of strong desire and ability to be very successful in their studies

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transmission of knowledge

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the process of passing knowledge from one person to another

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interactive learning

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a method of teaching

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to bombard someone with something

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to continually send someone something to influence them

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to have a good grasp of something

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to understand a problem deeply and completely

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to make the grade

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to successfully reach the necessary standard

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continuous assessment

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giving students marks for course work or projects

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to be out of one’s depth

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to be unable to understand something as it is too difficult

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streaming in schools

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grouping/dividing pupils into different classes based on their abilities

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a formal examination

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a test conducted under strict, regulated conditions

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to work your way through university

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to have a job when you’re at college to pay for your studies

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to sift information

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to examine thoroughly so as to to isolate which information is important and which is less useful and should be removed

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to work/study under supervision

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work/study under the direction of a responsible person

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top-tier institutions

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leading or prestigious educational institutions

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to deliver a lecture

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to give/perform a lecture

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extra-curricular activities

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not part of the usual study course

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to fall behind with your studies

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fail to learn

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irregular attendance

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action of continuously being absent from class

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to drop out of college

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to leave college or university without fishing studying couse

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to pay off a student loan

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to repay the money borrowed to study at college or university

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to impose discipline

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to make students obey the rules

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to disrupt lessons

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to make it difficult to conduct the lessons in the normal way

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distance learning

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education for students who are not physically capable of attending college/university

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a virtual classroom

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an online classroom

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face-to-face learning

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traditional way of studying in a classroom with a teacher and fellow students

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to sit an exam

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to take an exam

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to give feedback

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to give guidance on the work of a student through comments or corrections

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tertiary education/higher education

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education at college or university level