CETL Glossary


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Classroom Management

Classroom management refers to the wide variety of skills and techniques that teachers use to keep students on-task, organized, focused, attentive, engaged, and academically productive during a class. 


Classroom Observation

classroom observation is a formal or informal observation of teaching while it is taking place in a classroom or other environment. Typically conducted by fellow teachers or instructional specialists. Classroom observations are often used to provide teachers with constructive critical feedback aimed at improving instructional techniques. 


Community-based Learning

Community-based learning refers to a wide variety of instructional methods and programs that educators use to connect what is being taught in schools to their surrounding communities, including local institutions, history, literature, cultural heritage, and natural environments. 

source: https://www.edglossary.org/community-based-learning/


Continuous Improvement

In education, the term continuous improvement refers to any school- or instructional-improvement process that unfolds progressively, that does not have a fixed or predetermined end point, and that is sustained over extended periods of time


Criterion-Referenced

Criterion-referenced tests and assessment activities are designed to measure student performance against a fixed set of predetermined criteria or standards.