worksheet

plural worksheets · alternative abbreviation wkst · alternative abbreviation wksht

1. educationA sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.

   Synonyms: ditto, ditto worksheet

2. A sheet of paper listing work that is completed, to be completed or in progress.

   The final outshopping was 55002, which had arrived on October 14 [1980] for a two-month repair, with the usual worksheet taped to its bodyside stating "to be repainted in two-tone green".

   2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “The demise of the 'Deltics'”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 45

present singular third person worksheets · participle present worksheeting · participle past worksheeted · past worksheeted · alternative abbreviation wkst · alternative abbreviation wksht

1. ambitransitiveTo teach or assess by means of worksheets.

   Students cannot be textbooked and worksheeted into mastery, proficiency, brilliance, and commitment.

   2006, Keen J. Babbage, Extreme Students: Challenging All Students and Energizing Learning

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   Both reading and writing were viewed as a series of discreet and essentially uninteresting skills to be described, worksheeted, and tested. Students' own intentions or ability as speakers, listeners, readers, or writers were never a consideration.

   1987, Charles R. Chew, Reflections by Teachers Who Write, page 65

   Lesson after lesson of worksheeting will quickly leave the children bored and disaffected. The class will also suss out pretty quickly that you're being lazy.

   2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching, page 117