Definition of Subskills

1. Noun. (plural of subskill) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subskills

1. subskill [n] - See also: subskill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subskills

subsistence
subsistence farming
subsistences
subsistencies
subsistency
subsistent
subsister
subsisters
subsisting
subsists
subsite
subsites
subsizar
subsizars
subskill
subskills (current term)
subslice
subslices
subsocial
subsocieties
subsociety
subsoil
subsoiled
subsoiler
subsoilers
subsoiling
subsoils
subsolar
subsolary
subsolidus

Literary usage of Subskills

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"They do not, however, advocate an emphasis on the diagnosis and teaching of subskills in isolation from meaningful contexts ..."

2. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"20 • Knowledge is acquired from experience with complex, meaningful problems rather than from practicing subskills and learning isolated bits of knowledge. ..."

3. Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge & Issues edited by Elizabeth B. Robertson (1999)
"8. Adequate practice for mastery of subskills is provided 9. There is testing for longer term mastery of objectives. ..."

4. Prevention of Mental Disorders, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Children and edited by David Shaffer (1996)
"Preventive approaches that draw on the neuropsychological subskills basic to reading have engaged the attention of a number of investigators and clinicians. ..."

5. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"Top-down models imply that reading instruction should deemphasize subskills and focus on prereading activities that develop students' background of ..."

6. Framework for Developing Skill Standards for Workplace Literacy by Eunice N. Askov (1998)
"... specific skills (eg, "Read and interpret vocational vocabulary") as well as subskills (eg, "Identify abbreviations and symbols specific to the job"). ..."

7. Adult Literacy Education: Current and Future Directions, an Update by Hanna Arlene Fingeret (1994)
"... teachers receive the questionable message that reading and writing are separate entities comprised of a series of hierarchically arranged subskills. ..."

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