A use or purpose that a thing can have, that people notice as part of the way they see or experience it.
Beforehand
Adverb
Earlier (than a particular time).
Burst
Verb
To break open or apart suddenly, or to make something do this.
Collaborative
Adjective
Involving two or more people working together for a special purpose.
Consensus
Noun
A generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people.
Corrective
Adjective
Intended to improve a situation.
Entail
Verb
To make something necessary, or to involve something.
Feedback
Noun
Information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked.
Fluency
Noun
The ability to speak or write a language easily, well, and quickly.
Formative assessment
Noun
A formative assessment happens while a student is being taught about a subject, rather than at the end of a year or unit of work, in order to check their progress.
Instinctively
Adjective
In a way that is not thought about, planned, or developed by training.
Intelligible
Adjective
The ability to speak or write a language easily, well, and quickly.
Interrelated
Adjective
Connected in such a way that each thing has an effect on or depends on the other:
Interrelationship
Noun
The way in which two or more things or people are connected and affect one another.
Iteration
Noun
The process of doing something again and again, usually to improve it, or one of the times you do it.
Knowledge
Noun
Understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by people generally.
Linguistics
Noun
The scientific study of the structure and development of language in general or of particular languages.
Meta-analysis
Noun
A research method that combines the results of several related studies to produce better results.
Methodology
Noun
A system of ways of doing, teaching, or studying something.
Peer
Noun
A person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group.
Performance
Noun
How well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or activity.
Potential
Adjective
Possible when the necessary conditions exist.
Reluctant
Adjective
Not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it.
Self-correction
Noun
The process of correcting itself when things begin to go wrong, without outside help.
Stigmatize
Verb
To treat someone or something unfairly by disapproving of him, her, or it.
Subsequent
Adjective
Happening after something else.
Summative feedback
Noun
A summative assessment happens after a student has finished being taught about a subject, for example at the end of a year or unit of work.
Tackle
Verb
To try to deal with something or someone.
Task
Noun
A piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or with difficulty.
Withhold
Verb
To refuse to give something or to keep back something