Celebrating Cultures

Acronym that means Nota BENE from Latin, used in texts to draw attention to a point or an issue.

An Australian standardised test administered in years 3, 5, 7, 9. The acronym is short for National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Practical implications – Institutions should move away from providing content per se to learners. It is necessary to focus on how to enable learners to find, identify, manipulate and evaluate information and knowledge, to integrate this knowledge in their world of work and life, to solve problems and to communicate this knowledge to others. Teachers and trainers should become coaches and mentors within the knowledge era – the source of how to navigate in the ocean of available information and knowledge – and learners should acquire navigating skills for a navigationist learning paradigm.

Tom H. Brown, (2006) "Beyond constructivism: navigationism in the knowledge era", On the Horizon, Vol. 14 Iss: 3, pp.108 - 120

The National Board of Medical Examiners develop and manage the USMLE examinations for medical practitioners in the US.  They have developed a large body of evidence and research around examination and question types in order to increase assessment validity. 

Necesidades Educativas Especiales

The systematic process of determining goals, identifying discrepancies between actual and desired conditions, and establishing priorities for action (Lee & Roadman, 1991).

A PRONOUN which standards for a negative NOUN PHRASE. The following words in English are negative pronouns:

• nobody, no one, none, neither, nothing

For example:

• Nobody has passed the test.
• That's none of your business.

Negative pronouns can function as NEGATORS.

Online manners. The rules of conduct for online or Internet users.

Netiquette comes from the mix of the words: Network and Etiquette and it refers to the norms or rules for online communication.

"The Rules of Netiquette are social norms that individuals choose to follow facilitating effective communication on the internet. There are many accepted internet etiquette rules users follow for many different reasons. The core rules of netiquette are the most agreed upon netiquette rules."
From: http://networketiquette.net/netiquette.htm