Education A to Z

Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

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16 terms filed under I, showing 11–16 (page 2 of 2).

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Interpretations

Different historians' accounts of the same events, and why they differ.

Interpreting data tables

Reading numbers in rows and columns, and spotting what they show.

Intervention

A time-limited programme targeting a specific gap. Should have an entry point, an exit point and evidence.

Interview technique

Being interviewed for a course, an apprenticeship or a job. A skill, and practisable.

Irony

Also called Dramatic irony, Verbal irony, Situational irony

A gap between what is said or expected and what is meant or happens.

Iteration and numerical methods

Solving an equation by repeated approximation when algebra will not do it.

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