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| Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) | Its principal task is the management of the independent system of school inspection defined originally by the Education (Schools) Act 1992. This provides for the regular inspection of all 24,000 schools in England which are wholly or mainly state-funded. |
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| Open question | A question carefully formulated so that possible answers are not predetermined, thus allowing a fuller qualitative response or opinion. It is designed to promote higher-order, independent thought. Responses are expected to be reflective, requiring thinking time. |
| Oral feedback | A return of information on the result of a process or activity which is given orally, rather than in written form. This may be in one-to-one conversation, in a small group tutorial, or in a whole-class situation, as appropriate. |
| OSIC (Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner) | The office's main task is to enforce the right to access public information created by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act. The Act came into force on 1 January 2005, giving anyone, anywhere in the world, the right to access information held by more than 10,000 public authorities in Scotland. (The office is in St Andrews.) |
| Ownership | Indicates having control and autonomy over one’s learning. When learners are involved in deciding what needs to be done and how it should be done, they have greater control over their own learning. Evidence indicates that learners are motivated when they have 'ownership' of their learning. |
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