pedagogical

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Some are pedagogical -- fear of confusing students in constantly switching between varieties.

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  1. Same as pedagogic. Those pedagogical Jehus, those furious school-drivers. South, Sermons, V. i. There is a pedagogical value in hearing lectures and in taking notes of them. The Nation, XLVIII. 347.

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  • If the calculation in the previous paragraph were correct, it would therefore indicate that the nearest extraterrestrial civilization is likely to be about 4,300 light years away But Drake developed his equation only as a pedagogical tool for delineating various factors influencing the probable frequency of extraterrestrial intelligence. —  Analog, April 2002
  • I had agreed to try to convince him to write at least a short composition for a pedagogical collection of medium-difficult piano pieces that was being put together (Boulez and I had both agreed to participate). —  signandsight.com
  • The court held that the school policy is directly related to pedagogical concerns. —  Religion Clause
  • The arbitration Award states that all my pedagogical implementations in the activism course of fall-2005 (PHY1703), including the S / NS grading method, activist speakers, student-influenced curriculum, change of course description and title, workgroups instead of lectures, inviting community participation, etc., were legitimately under the purview of a professor's academic freedom. —  YayaCanada
  • Slide 32:  The growth of online networks is forcing pedagogical change  —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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