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asynchronicity: Activities take place at a different time, and a 
different place or the same place. 
 
B 
backwash:  is the effect, positive or negative, that a test has on 
the teaching and learning that precede it.
behaviorism: A theory suggesting that learning occurs when an 
environmental stimulus triggers a response or behavior. Based on 
classical conditioning theory, behaviorism applies to educational 

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practices that reward performance behaviors to encourage repetition 
of those behaviors. Rote memorization and drill-and-practice 
instruction are supported by behaviorist theory. 
benchmark: Statement that provides a description of student 
knowledge expected at specific grades, ages, or developmental 
levels. Benchmarks often are used in conjunction with standards. 
benchmark performances: Performance examples against 
which other performances may be judged. 
Blended learning: A combination of modes of learning: When 
an e-learning approach is used as only part of a programme of 
learning, combined with provision for face-to-face contact with 
tutor and/or other students in a conventional attendance mode. 
Brainstorming: is a procedure of eliciting creative ideas in the 
course of spontaneous exchange of opinions, their uncritical 
registration and subsequent selection of the most useful suggestions.
 
C 
Case-study: It is based on an analysis of the real life or 
imaginative problem/situation. 
cataphora: reference to an element mentioned later. 
coaching: An instructional method in which a teacher supports 
students as they perfect old skills and acquire new skills. 
cognitive science: A science investigating how people learn 
rather than what they learn. Prior knowledge and out-of-classroom 
experience help form the foundation on which teachers build 
effective instruction. Also referred to as the study of the mind.