explicitness

Examples

• All

• Previously, a question was raised as to whether the degree of task explicitness affected student performance of the task.

  Academic text (1995)

• Tasks were expressed with similar degrees of explicitness by both practicing teachers and the student teacher.

  Academic text (1995)

• The speech was not only extraordinary in its explicitness, but also in its reception.

  Academic text (1992)

• Therefore, the greater the degree of explicitness, the better the chances were for successful student task performance.

  Academic text (1995)

• First, the requirement for explicitness makes the scholar think hard about exactly what she thinks is at work.

  Academic text (1990)

• A common theme among these reviews is that textbook designers need to increase the explicitness of instruction and include more opportunities for student practice.

  Academic text (2012)

• The scaffolding gradually increases in its explicitness and concreteness.

  Academic text (2012)

• In terms of explicitness of tasks, in the instructional system, fully explicit tasks dominated the other categories.

  Academic text (1995)

• Thus, analysis of discrete opportunities to respond, excluding routines, suggests a correlation between task explicitness and successful performance of tasks.

  Academic text (1995)

• One of the most striking aspects of Armstrong's memoir of the Karnofskys is the explicitness with which it compares their conduct to that of New Orleans's black community.

  Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

C

clarity

vsexplicitness

152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

focuses more on eliminating ambiguity than general understandability

S

specificity

vsexplicitness

12 7.0

The quality of being exact and detailed

uses clear expression to remove doubt rather than only add detail

C

clearness

vsexplicitness

1 1.4

How easy something is to understand, for example an explanation

goes further by removing any possible confusion or doubt

D

distinctness

vsexplicitness

1 5.5

How clear and easy to recognize a shape or sound is

is intended to prevent confusion rather than only show difference

U

unequivocalness

vsexplicitness

• Formal

8.4

Clear quality that lets people understand only one meaning

is phrased to remove any possible confusion or doubt

U

unambiguity

vsexplicitness

6.7

A clear meaning that leaves no doubt

focuses on wording that prevents all confusion or doubt

D

definitiveness

vsexplicitness

6.2

A clear and final quality that leaves no doubt

stresses clear statement to avoid doubt rather than final decision

D

definitude

vsexplicitness

9.3

A state of being clear and exact so there is no doubt

aims to make the meaning unambiguous rather than limit scope

C

clearcutness

vsexplicitness

8.8

How clear and easy to understand something is

uses clear phrasing to eliminate confusion rather than signal a decision

D

determinateness

vsexplicitness

9.1

A clear and certain quality that makes something predictable

emphasizes clear expression to avoid doubt rather than predictability

P

pellucidity

vsexplicitness

• Formal

9.9

Clear speech or writing that makes ideas easy to understand

prioritizes removing all doubt rather than elegant transparency

Antonyms

A

ambiguity

57 6.3

A lack of clear meaning that allows people to understand it in different ways

O

obscurity

5 7.4

Hard to understand or see, making people feel confused

I

inexplicitness

9.8

A lack of clear meaning in words or instructions

How Explicit

unequivocalness

• Formal

8.4

explicitness

1 6.4

clarity

152 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology