K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education
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- tangram
- Traditionally used to create shapes and figures from seven geometric pieces (or tans): five triangles in different sizes, one square, and one parallelogram. Tangrams can also be used for other math functions, including measures of area and fractional parts and wholes.
- teacher research
- Intentional and systematic inquiry by a teacher or teachers in order to improve classroom practice. Teacher researchers begin with a question about classroom life, design and implement a research plan, collect and analyze data, and adjust practice to better meet the needs of students.
- team teaching
- Collaboration between two or more teachers who share responsibility for presenting a subject or theme in a single classroom.
- Title I
- A federally funded program that provides state and local education agencies with financial assistance for schools with high numbers or percentages of students from low-income families. Schools that receive Title I funds must focus services on children who are failing or are most at risk of academic failure.
- Title IX
- Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 bans sex discrimination in schools receiving federal funds, whether it is in academics or athletics.
- Tourette's syndrome
- Disorder marked by impulsivity and tics, both motor and verbal (repetition of certain phrases, pressured speech).
- tracking
- Division of students based on academic skill level. Students are "tracked" into a particular course of study intended to match cognitive abilities and to prepare students for an appropriate post-graduate future (college or university, trade school, or employment).
