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Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

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12 terms filed under B, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 2).

B

Behaviour policy

The rules a school sets and the sanctions it can apply. It must be published, and it binds the school too.

Bias and objectivity

A one-sided view, and why calling something biased is not analysis.

Bildungsroman and genre

The kind of text something is, and the expectations that come with it.

Binary and hexadecimal

Counting in twos and sixteens, and converting between them and decimal.

Blood Brothers

Willy Russell's musical play about twins separated at birth, one raised rich and one poor. Class as fate.

Bonding

Ionic, covalent and metallic — and why the type explains the properties.

Bounds and error intervals

The range a rounded measurement could actually be.

Break-even in business studies

The sales level where total revenue equals total costs. A calculation and a graph.

BTEC

Also called Applied general qualifications, Vocational qualifications

Vocational qualifications assessed largely through coursework rather than exams. Available at several levels.

Bullying

Repeated behaviour intended to hurt. Schools must have a policy and must act.

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