Glossary
- assessment
-
the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something
- criteria
-
the standard by which something is judged or assessed
- culturally responsive
-
the ability to learn from and relate respectfully with people of your own culture as well as those from other cultures (from the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCREST)
- equity
-
provides people with resources that fit their circumstances (adaptable, fair, individualized)
- information literacy
-
a set of abilities requiring individuals to 'recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information
- jargon
-
special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
- Likert scale
-
a five (or seven) point scale which is used to allow the individual to express how much they agree or disagree with a particular statement
- metacognition
-
awareness and understanding of one’s thinking processes
- novices
-
a person new to or inexperienced in a field or situation
- nuances
-
a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound
- rubric
-
a scoring guide used to evaluate performance, a product, or a project. It has three parts: 1) performance criteria; 2) rating scale; and 3) indicators. For you and your students, the rubric defines what is expected and what will be assessed
- Universal Design for Learning
-
UD promotes an expanded goal to make products and environments welcoming and useful to groups that are diverse with respect to many dimensions, including physical differences, visual differences, hearing differences, learning differences, attention differences, and communication differences (Burgstahler 2015)
