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Academic literacy states that a person should be proficient enough in reading and writing when it comes to academics. It is the ability to contextualise the academic vocabulary required in higher education.   Academic Literacy involves summarising, analyzing, comparing, and contrasting the information and ideas from… Read More »Academic Literacy

An academic journal is also known as a scholarly journal. It is a periodical publication that includes various original research work and reviews of the previous subjects. These are written by researchers who are experts in a particular branch of study. It is a forum… Read More »Academic Journal

An academic benchmark is a type of instrumental measurement parameter that helps students’ academic subjects’ growth in an academic year. It measures the quality and one’s excellence in education, including the levels of examination. Based on the benchmark, the achievement is decided. It helps the mentor… Read More »Academic Benchmark

Academic freedom is the freedom with which teachers and students get to express their perspective in learning, obtaining knowledge, or in research without any restrictions or interference of law or without being subjected to public pressure.  It is the primary allowance that includes the teachers’… Read More »Academic Freedom

Agile learning refers to a method used by schools, colleges and other educational institutions, which uses incremental steps, to facilitate faster learning. These steps usually start with a learning phase, followed by a group collaboration on a project using an iterative process to meet curriculum… Read More »Agile Learning

An affective domain describes various learning objectives among students that highlight a feeling, an emotion, an attitude, and a degree of acceptance or rejection. An affective domain is one of the three categories of Bloom’s Taxonomy.  An affective domain talks about ways in which students… Read More »Affective Domain

An advisory program means a set schedule of advisories established by colleges/ educational institutions for guiding students on academic-related and other similar issues. An academic advisor usually conducts this advisory and meets small clusters of students and sheds light on academic, social, and future-planning-related issues.… Read More »Advisory Program

An administrative hold refers to a type of restriction placed by colleges or institutions on students for various matters. An administrative hold is placed upon students to ensure all students comply with necessary administrative tasks in the comprehensive school structure. The hold can be applied… Read More »Administrative Hold

A professor who is hired on a part-time, contractual basis, and does not have a proper working period or tenure is referred to as an adjunct professor. They do not hold the responsibilities of a full-time professor but do teach like full-time professors. They can also… Read More »Adjunct Professor

Adaptive learning is a form of teaching, keeping in mind the student’s individual needs, conducted with computer algorithms. It allows the teacher to give out customized learning resources to each catering to the needs in an exclusive way. Adaptive meaning is the ability to adjust… Read More »Adaptive Learning