Reception baseline
Also called RBA, Reception baseline assessment
A short activity-based assessment in the first weeks of Reception, used to measure the school seven years later.
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40 terms filed under R, showing 11–20 (page 2 of 4).
R
Reduced timetable
Also called Part-time timetable, Modified timetable
A pupil attending for less than full time. Lawful only as a temporary, agreed, reviewed arrangement.
Referencing
Also called Citation, Bibliography, Harvard referencing
Saying where information came from. Required in coursework, and how you avoid plagiarism.
Rehearsal techniques
The named exercises used to develop a performance, which you are expected to reference.
Reliability and validity
Whether a result repeats, and whether it measures what it claims to.
Religious practices
What believers actually do: worship, festivals, rites and pilgrimage.
Religious studies skills
How RS is marked: knowledge, explanation, sources of authority, and evaluation.
Remains
Armitage's poem about a soldier who cannot stop remembering a shooting. Trauma in ordinary language.
Renewable and non-renewable energy
Where electricity comes from, and the trade-offs between the sources.
Repetition and anaphora
Saying it again on purpose, and repeating the opening of successive lines.
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