Educational Terminology

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Aural

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Relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing.

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Explicit

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Intentional teaching with a clear and direct presentation of new information to learners, which does not require student inferencing during the introduction of new content, concepts or skills. One example is the gradual release model.

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Oral Language

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Spoken language. There are five components of oral language: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

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Phonology

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A system of rules dealing with sounds in a language.

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Morphology

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Knowledge of meaningful word parts in a language (typically the knowledge of prefixes, suffixes and/or base words).

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Scaffold (Scaffolding)

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The intentional support provided by a teacher for learners to carry out a task or solve a problem, to achieve a goal that they could not do without support. It is temporary support matched to the current understanding or skill level of learners. The intent is to provide a decreasing level of support until learners are empowered to perform independently.

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Sequential

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The sequence begins with the easiest and most basic concepts and progresses methodically to more difficult material. Each concept must also be based on those already learned.

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Systematic

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A planned sequence that includes a logical progression of content, concepts and skills, from simple to complex, with cumulative teaching/review and practice to enable learners to achieve learning goals.

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Syntax (Syntactic)

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The formation of sentences and the associated grammatical rules.

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Semantics

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The study of word and phrase meanings.