noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a learning outcome (= what someone is supposed to learn from something )
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It is important to set teaching objectives and learning outcomes.
a working/learning environment
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Most people prefer a quiet working environment.
distance learning
Learning and Skills Council, the
learning curve
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Everyone in the centre has been through a very steep learning curve they had to learn very quickly .
learning difficulties
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a school for children with learning difficulties
learning disability
learning disabled (= children who have problems learning )
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teachers who work with learning disabled children
learning the ropes
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I spent the first month just learning the ropes .
learning...by rote
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In old-fashioned schools, much learning was by rote .
learning/physical/mental etc disability
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children with severe learning disabilities
programmed learning
rote learning
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the rote learning of facts
steep learning curve (= they had to learn very quickly )
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Everyone in the centre has been through a very steep learning curve .
the learning process
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The student is actively involved in the learning process.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
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Note-taking encourages active learning and provides you with some written record of what you've been studying.
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The use of active learning , experiential training techniques so that skills are developed in a non-threatening environment. 2.
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Children are engaged in active learning . 6.
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In the 1980s there has been a general move in museum education circles towards active learning experiences on site.
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The methods involved active collaborative learning , with a strong emphasis on talk.
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Group presentations offer another approach for active learning using documentary sources.
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The completion of the exercises involves them in an active learning experience.
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The use of investigations promotes active learning , the acquisition of transferable skills and articulates well with other educational provision.
associative
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The second argument is based on the conclusion derived in Chapter 4 that associative learning tends to be context-dependent.
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Indeed it is even possible to produce a form of associative learning in which behavioural and neurophysiological inputs are mixed.
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It often prepares organisms for associative learning .
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The kind of associative learning shown by rats and pigeons in these experiments is often called conditioning.
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By contrast with their failure to affect habituation, the protein synthesis inhibitors did produce amnesia for associative learning .
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A convenient distinction, which helps to organize the research on learning , is that between non-associative and associative learning.
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These three types were described under associative learning .
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Thus sensitization lacks the specificity which is the hallmark of truly associative learning in which a particular pairing of stimuli is achieved.
effective
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Since 1976 a number of working groups have met to consider ways of promoting effective learning across the curriculum.
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Numerous games, puzzles, jokes and problem-solving activities all add fun - the lifeblood of effective learning .
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To prepare information and review materials to assist in the evaluation and development of school and departmental effective learning policies. 4.
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It is educational in itself, encouraging the kinds of interaction in which effective learning is grounded.
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What kinds of classroom interaction, then, are most likely to provide conditions for effective learning ?
experiential
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Table 6.1 offers examples of experiential learning activities used in nurse education.
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That encourages experiential learning and socialisation in a way that few Western special education or therapeutic settings do.
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It is also suggested that experiential learning associated with employment may have been of value to these students.
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Examples of experiential learning methods include role play, structured group exercises and counselling skills exercises.
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This will mean a person-centred, experiential approach to learning .
high
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The right to education is meaningless unless schools and institutions of higher learning are established and maintained.
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Research and learning , then, are conceptually unrelated, whereas higher education and learning are conceptually interwoven.
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There were no institutions of higher learning except for an obscure agricultural college in Mogilev province.
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I have tried to show in this discussion that higher learning is not learning at all in any familiar sense.
moderate
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One of George's brothers was recently placed in a residential school for children with moderate learning difficulties as a weekly boarder.
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On assessment he was found to show moderate learning difficulties and a marked language delay both in comprehension and expressive language.
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Pupils in schools designated for those with moderate learning difficulties have often met failure throughout their schooling.
open
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The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College.
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But how can you find out about suitable open learning material?
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All three send out very detailed information which should help you to decide whether open learning really is for you.
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A series of computer databases has been produced, matching open learning material to the occupational standards for different sectors of industry.
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Assistant Principal, Joe Mooney sees enormous potential for the open learning format with foreign students.
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You can work through the open learning material whether or not you are enrolled on the programme.
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Assessing the effectiveness of learning mathematics by investigative methods; an open learning approach to investigative methods in mathematics.
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The over-riding framework for all this activity is the utilisation of technology-based open and distance learning .
severe
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They each have grown up sons with severe learning difficulties and need to be at home.
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To these young men, this is their own very special pub because they all have severe learning difficulties.
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The only B.Ed for children with severe learning difficulties had 20-29 hours of compulsory language work.
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Both the above quotations refer to severe learning difficulties but of course severe is a term open to varying interpretations.
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In general, the staff/student ratio is rarely as good as in a school for children and young people with severe learning difficulties.
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However, there is still considerable use among children with severe learning disabilities.
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For those with severe learning difficulties drama offers a secure situation in Which to examine the world.
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Develop more day and accommodation services for the extra needs of people with severe learning disabilities and multiple handicaps.
■ NOUN
curve
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The human relationships are very intense and therefore the learning curve is accelerated.
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It is a profitable business but there is evidence of some slack time, perhaps this is a learning curve effect.
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No country can allow a government a learning curve and survive.
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But they also have a steep learning curve for the uninitiated, which is something to consider before taking the plunge.
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The problems are often more difficult but the learning curve is rapid.
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However, both will have started their long journey up the learning curve .
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Everyone in the Administration Centre has been through a very steep learning curve .
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Those who don't keep rolling on the learning curve get left way behind.
difficulty
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One of George's brothers was recently placed in a residential school for children with moderate learning difficulties as a weekly boarder.
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They each have grown up sons with severe learning difficulties and need to be at home.
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To these young men, this is their own very special pub because they all have severe learning difficulties .
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Ward will also continue to oversee some learning difficulties projects supported by the foundation.
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Andrew, who has learning difficulties , is a keen violinist and has earned a place in Banks Brass Band.
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In Bolton the education authority made special arrangements for clients with a learning difficulty to go to local colleges.
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In general it seems that the greater the learning difficulties , the more didactic is the approach and the more controlling the relationship.
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None the less, a number of children with severe learning difficulties are integrated into mainstream schools in groups younger than their own age.
disability
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However, there is still considerable use among children with severe learning disabilities .
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Develop more day and accommodation services for the extra needs of people with severe learning disabilities and multiple handicaps.
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Its prime value is with those with severe learning disabilities where communication growth is likely to be limited.
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Mr D, 31, has a severe learning disability and other handicaps.
distance
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Programmes can combine face-to-face activities, distance learning and action learning.
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The programme is structured around periods of residential study supported by distance learning material.
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Regular contact with, and support from, Henley is a vital aspect of a distance learning course.
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The universities could coordinate distance learning packages for their graduates in various hospitals, although this would have funding and manpower implications.
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It may also be achieved through distance learning , where the course is assessed and/or leads to a further qualification.
environment
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The skilled teacher who welcomes and values the child's contribution can do much to enhance the learning environment .
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This chapter is about the possibilities for creating learning environments which encourage children to work and learn collaboratively.
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It's like an adventure playground but everything in it is padded with foam to provide a safe learning environment .
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We shall also look at certain features of the learning environment of the departments which are of particular interest.
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Building a collaborative learning environment is not about whether or how often children are working individually or in groups.
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The Centre also aims to provide a supportive learning environment for the community.
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Stirling has already established an undoubted reputation for innovative teaching and offers its students an excellent learning environment .
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Museums should be rewarding learning environments , and any attempt to settle for mass popularity alone is to sell museums short.
experience
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And key questions emerge here: how do we deliver a linear curriculum without undermining the cyclical nature of the learning experience ?
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A prolonged period of family life permits the growing offspring to add individual learning experiences to their inborn behaviour programming.
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Treat this as a learning experience .
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In the 1980s there has been a general move in museum education circles towards active learning experiences on site.
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Short frequent periods in time out provide rapid learning experiences for the child.
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To give the learner visual, tactile and aural stimuli, which increase the learning experience .
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We feel privileged to have had the chance to be part of such a valuable learning experience .
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By holding mock interviews you are offering students a valuable learning experience .
language
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One useful strategy in language learning is generalisation, but it is most noticeable when it exists as over-generalisation.
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We do not need, then, to embrace the semantic asymmetry in order to give an account of language learning .
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How far is such a model serviceable for language learning ?
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Steady progression Language learning progresses at an easy pace, with plenty of reinforcement and revision to ensure lessons are thoroughly learnt.
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This is also true in connection with spelling, and so phonic knowledge remains an essential element in the language learning programme.
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Others have persisted in a more traditional view that language learning is essentially the same as the learning of grammar.
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The prediction in relation to language learning is to some extent confusing.
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Avoidance is a negative strategy seen in language learning .
material
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The programme is structured around periods of residential study supported by distance learning material .
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To produce flexible learning materials for the training of workplace coaches, assessors and verifiers.
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The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College.
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A notice board placed in a suitable part of the ward is useful for presenting learning material .
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But how can you find out about suitable open learning material ?
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A series of computer databases has been produced, matching open learning material to the occupational standards for different sectors of industry.
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The recognition that information can be retrieved from books and other learning materials , and is not beyond reach. 2.
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You can work through the open learning material whether or not you are enrolled on the programme.
need
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Finally their need for continued learning need to be acknowledged and provided for.
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Once each has had a turn, the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs .
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Was collaboration being used to serve the interests and individual learning needs of the children in her class?
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Listening to yourself can be a first step in identifying a learning need or goal.
opportunity
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This chapter explores some of the learning opportunities provided by the ward and some of the problems that may arise.
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Each ward should have a planned programme which makes full use of its learning opportunities .
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Another advantage is that self development is capable of converting even the most boring situation into a learning opportunity .
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The learner is allocated to the ward for such a short period that every learning opportunity must be exploited to the full.
outcome
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It is here that techniques of various kinds are put into action to achieve practical learning outcomes .
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However, the main point of interest is the unintended learning outcomes of such questions as these.
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The first is that it is usually preferable to make each objective refer to only one learning outcome .
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When linked to the attainment of specific learning outcomes it can provide pupils with a positive stimulus and aid to learning.
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Pupils will simply achieve the learning outcomes or not.
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Secondly, in the attainment of each learning outcome pupils must be informed of the tasks which contribute to summative assessment.
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In criterion-referenced assessment particular attention is paid to the setting of intended learning outcomes or teaching objectives.
process
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In accrediting prior learning , the focus is on the outcomes or achievements of learning and not on the learning process itself.
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Others emerge through a less conscious learning process .
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Adjusting to her style of leadership must have been a learning process for not only the maintenance man.
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It's part of the whole learning process .
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All teachers are managers, for they have to manage the learning process .
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That had been part of the learning process .
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The student is actively involved in the learning process and is receiving tuition from an expert.
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A logical net searches while learning , so its learning process is slower than that of Wisard.
programme
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Furthermore, the tutor may be allocated to a particular ward or unit to help to co-ordinate the learning programme .
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The ward staff should discuss the reasons behind the introduction of the learning programme .
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The final discussion will include evaluation of the ward learning programme by the student.
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The length of the whole learning programme must be determined.
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Information of current interest or related to the ward learning programme can be presented in a display form.
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Practitioners who returned a preprinted postcard expressing further interest were sent the package of recording booklets and distance learning programme .
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This is also true in connection with spelling, and so phonic knowledge remains an essential element in the language learning programme .
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Within the ward learning programme , it will also be necessary to plan structured tutorials when set subjects are discussed.
situation
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In order to overcome such a learning situation , Schumann suggests that psychological distance must be minimised.
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The difficulty is to find a good description language in which to express the learning situation .
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As a strategy in the general learning situation it can be particularly damaging, and this is also true of language learning.
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Deliberate learning situations have to be constructed if we want to pin causes down and further our grasp on the world.
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One way of achieving this is the means of using nurses' personal and life experience in the learning situation .
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Central to the creation of such learning situations is the idea of control.
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The learner's expectation of success based on his previous experience in a learning situation .
task
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The first reasonably reliable and convincing learning task for Drosophila involved training them using just this sense of smell.
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Pedagogy in this case actually makes the learning task more difficult.
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The arguments for help in this learning task seem overwhelming.
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This acted as the literature focus around which seven learning tasks were devised.
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In the 1984 study by Bennett etal., teachers thought that their learning tasks were considerably more challenging than they were.
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The sign system thus involves a great learning task .
■ VERB
involve
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The student is actively involved in the learning process and is receiving tuition from an expert.
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When carrying out such exercises, students are actively involved in the learning process and they receive constant feedback about their progress.
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The sign system thus involves a great learning task.
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These staff are clearly involved in the learning processes of children.
learn
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A logical net searches while learning , so its learning process is slower than that of Wisard.
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These relate to changes in self-concept, life experiences, readiness to learn and orientation to learning .
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Goodwill that is lost is extremely difficult to retrieve. principles of learning See also under learning: theories of learning.
provide
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It may also prove necessary to confound the belief that the local community and environment can not provide a suitable learning medium.
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Such an algorithm can provide an alternative learning mechanism in a neural network.
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It's like an adventure playground but everything in it is padded with foam to provide a safe learning environment.
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The Centre also aims to provide a supportive learning environment for the community.
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There are many ways in which you can help schools provide relevant and interesting learning for young people.
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Short frequent periods in time out provide rapid learning experiences for the child.
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The professional qualifications material provides stimulating learning support for anyone in the hotel and catering industry.
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The workbook given to each student at the start of the allocation will provide further guidelines for learning .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
independent study/learning
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Councillors will discuss the possibility of funding an independent study into the mine's viability.
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In the spring semester Gordon taught two seminars and took on more than a dozen students for independent study projects.
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It will make provision for mixed-ability groups much easier to organise, and encourage independent study.
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Other recent examples of comparative studies are those of Lowe - independent study modules and lecture tours, in 1981.
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The course manual can be used for independent study.
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The increased use of independent learning at higher levels within the pathway is reflected in the assessment pattern within the modules.
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Two independent studies since the 1968 election confirm the trend.
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Would you like to do this as an independent study?
seat of learning
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It would be sad if our own seats of learning were behind-hand in this confusion.
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Leave this seat of learning and you come into the newly renamed Marianské Square.
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She spoke of Oxford, that ancient seat of learning, to which universities all over the world still looked for example.