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teaching games

classroom instruction in the form of games designed to engage students’ active interest as they work on specific skills (e.g., vocabulary, mathematics). Teaching games can provide a unique opportunity to give students incentives, such as specific rewards or the pleasure of winning.

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October 10th 2024

stochastic

stochastic

adj.

1. random or undetermined; arising from chance.

2. describing a system or process that follows a probability pattern, such that events may be analyzed according to their statistical probability but not accurately predicted. See probabilism.