Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Describes what teachers will be doing to affect pupil learning, learner-centered curriculum guide.  

A lay person who assists teachers with clerical work, library duties, noninstructional supervision, etc. paraprofessional.  

A term and process coined by J.B. Nash. The concept stresses the importance of teachers to take advantage of current situations, many of them being unplanned, to teach pupils.  

Characterized by a lack of the enzyme hexosaminidase A (Hex A), which is essential for the body to properly use lipids. The lipids tend to accumulate in the cells, especially brain cells, resulting in their destruction and eventually death is a genetic disease within the group known as inborn errors of metabolism is a single-gene…

An instrument comprising 50 items drawn from the MMPI as a self-reporting mechanism to assess anxiety.  

A scheme classifying educational objectives according to six levels of cognition, from lowest to highest in complexity, wherein the ability to demonstrate skill in each level presupposes and depend upon achievement of those preceding it in the hierarchy: (a) knowledge, (b) comprehension, (c) application, (d) analysis, (e) synthesis, and (f) evaluation.  

A classification of learning levels or thinking levels. Some classifications, such as Bloom’s, are hierarchical.  

A realistic rather than ego-defensive mechanism to dealing with stress.  

The achievement attitude toward a task, ego orientation.  

Statements of desired outcomes that emphasize concern for what is to be done and focus upon achievement of objectives.