Word: progressively
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...individual assignment, says Kevin O'Leary, president of educational-software giant the Learning Co. "If you thought of it conceptually as every child having a personal tutor, that's what we're aiming for." The school's server, or central computer, will maintain information on each student's progress and dole out the appropriate work when the child checks the Web page. At Pine Hill School in Sherborn, Mass., some teachers already give different assignments to students in the same classroom. "Most kids may be tested on 20 spelling words, while a couple in the class may be studying only...
...potential of the Internet has quickly tightened the bind for the Chinese government. "On the one hand, authorities know they need computers for economic progress," says McGeary. "But the downside is what actually happens when people have access to computers." The anarchic nature of the Internet makes it very difficult for a controlled society to... well, control. "What is fascinating," says McGeary, "is how deeply the authorities seemed to feel was the threat in this case." Subversion is one of China's most serious crimes. As such, the Chinese response represents one of the best testimonials yet to the potential...
...College has asked for departmental progress reports by the end of this semester and will look for final decisions in the fall...
...unwarranted assumption comes off better than the equivocator. He would deal with our question on Hume not by baffling the grader or by fencing with him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all fronts. After all, Hume did not live in a vacuum...
...assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...