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learning skills and work habits. The skills and habits that can be demonstrated by a student across all subjects, courses, and grades and in other behaviour at school. These learning skills and work habits promote student achievement of the curriculum expectations. The six skills and habits are: responsibility, organization, independent work, collaboration, initiative, and self-regulation.
learning styles. Different ways of learning. For instance, visual learners need to see visual representations of concepts. Auditory learners learn best through verbal instructions and discussions, by talking things through, and by listening to what others have to say. Tactile (kinaesthetic) learners learn best through a hands-on approach, actively exploring the physical world around them.
literacy and numeracy strategy. A key initiative of the Ontario government designed to promote equity of outcomes for all elementary students and to support improvement in reading, writing, and mathematics, particularly in low-income or remote communities.
literacy graduation requirement. See secondary school literacy graduation requirement.
locally developed course. A ministry-authorized credit course developed by school boards, school authorities, and provincial schools and inspected private schools. A locally developed course can count as a compulsory or an optional credit towards the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The ministry’s authorization for such a course is valid for five years.
mature student. A student who is at least eighteen years of age on or before December 31 of the school year in which he or she registers in an Ontario secondary school program, who was not enrolled as a regular day school student for a period of at least one school year immediately preceding his or her registration in a secondary program, and who is enrolled in a secondary program for the purpose of obtaining an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. In this context a school year is defined as ten consecutive months.
median. The middle score, after all the scores have been ranked. The median is the score at which 50 per cent of students scored higher and 50 per cent scored lower.
metacognition. The process of thinking about one’s own thought processes. Metacognitive skills include the ability to monitor one’s own learning.
Métis. People of mixed First Nation and European ancestry. Métis history and culture draw on diverse ancestral origins, such as French, Irish, Scottish, Cree, and Ojibwa.
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