Education A to Z

Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.

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49 terms filed under C, showing 21–30 (page 3 of 5).

C

Chronology

Knowing the order things happened in. Unglamorous, and it underpins everything.

Circle geometry: arcs and sectors

Parts of a circle, and the fractions that give their size.

Circle theorems

A set of rules about angles in circles. Higher tier, and questions expect the rule named.

Circuit symbols and diagrams

Drawing circuits so anybody can build them.

Climate change

Long-term change in global climate, its causes, effects and the two responses.

Close reading

Reading a short passage in detail, word by word. The core literary skill.

Cloud computing

Using someone else's computers over a network, and the trade-offs.

Coastal processes

How waves shape a coastline, and the management choices that follow.

Colloquial and formal register

How formal the language is, and matching it to audience and purpose.

Command word: evaluate

The command word that most often costs marks. It requires a judgement.

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