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  2. Inquiry-based learning - Wikipedia

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    Inquiry-based learning. Inquiry-based learning (also spelled as enquiry-based learning in British English) [a] is a form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios. It contrasts with traditional education, which generally relies on the teacher presenting facts and their knowledge about the subject.

  3. Competency-based learning - Wikipedia

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    Competency-based learning or competency-based education is a framework for teaching and assessment of learning. It is also described as a type of education based on predetermined "competencies," which focuses on outcomes and real-world performance. [1] Competency-based learning is sometimes presented as an alternative to traditional methods of ...

  4. Outcome-based education - Wikipedia

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    Outcome-based education or outcomes-based education ( OBE) is an educational theory that bases each part of an educational system around goals (outcomes). By the end of the educational experience, each student should have achieved the goal. There is no single specified style of teaching or assessment in OBE; instead, classes, opportunities, and ...

  5. Content-based instruction - Wikipedia

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    Content-based instruction. Content-based instruction ( CBI) is a significant approach in language education (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989), designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language (hence it is also called content-based language teaching; CBLT ). CBI is considered an empowering approach which encourages ...

  6. Education - Wikipedia

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    Education is a wide phenomenon that applies to all age groups and covers formal education (top row) as well as non-formal and informal education (bottom row). Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as ...

  7. Library instruction - Wikipedia

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    Library instruction, also called bibliographic instruction, user education and library orientation, consists of "instructional programs designed to teach library users how to locate the information they need quickly and effectively. [It] usually covers the library's system of organizing materials, the structure of the literature of the field ...

  8. Evidence-based education - Wikipedia

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    Evidence-based education ( EBE) is the principle that education practices should be based on the best available scientific evidence, with randomised trials as the gold standard of evidence, rather than tradition, personal judgement, or other influences. [1] Evidence-based education is related to evidence-based teaching, [2] [3] [4] evidence ...

  9. Test of English as a Foreign Language - Wikipedia

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    To assess the English language proficiency of non-native English speakers. Internet-based test (iBT): 2 hours 47 minutes to 3 hours 23 minutes (excluding 10-minute break in-between). Paper-delivered test: 2 hours 25 minutes. [1] 0 to 30 (in 1-point increments) on each of the 4 sections. So a total of 0 to 120.