K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education
- Classroom
- Curriculum
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- My LEARN NC
- realia
- Tangible and original objects or artifacts that can be used as instructional aids.
- research cycle
- Research method that emphasizes information problem-solving and positions students as information producers (versus information consumers). Students repeatedly revisit stages in the research cycle as they refine data gathering processes.
- rime
- The clustering of vowels and consonants after the initial consonant sound or sounds of a word.
- role-play
- Teaching method wherein students pretend to be different characters and improvise a scene.
- round robin
- Cooperative learning structure in which each student takes turns sharing something new with members of the collaborative group.
- roundtable
- Cooperative learning model in which each team member writes one answer on a piece of paper that is passed around a table. Considered highly effective with creative writing and brainstorming activities.
- rubric
- A scoring guide for evaluating student work made up of definitions of quality work, well-defined criteria for measuring quality work, and a scoring method (using numbers or descriptive language such as excellent, good, etc.) to indicate level of performance.
