noncategorical
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈkætəɡɔːrɪkəl/
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no categórico
- New Zealand adopts a noncategorical approach to disability, defining disability in relation to student need.
- noncategorical system
- noncategorical special education
Examples
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The majority of these students with disabilities were identified in the state of Iowa as "entitled individuals" (Iowa uses a noncategorical system so students do not have specific labels); however, some of the participants (those in Wisconsin) were students with mild disabilities such as learning disabilities, speech/language disabilities, or mild cognitive disabilities.
Academic text (2001) -
Today, with moves toward inclusion and interrelated groupings (where students with quite varied disabilities are served in noncategorical special education class settings), teachers must rely even more heavily on their personal observations for meeting individual student needs.
Academic text (1996) -
Fifth, access to flexible, noncategorical funding is needed to support the plan.
Academic text (2000) -
In the early 1970s, Nicholas Hobbs advanced the position that special education be provided using a noncategorical system for assessment and intervention (Hobbs, 1975).
Academic text (1994) -
At a minimum, this will require that noncategorical analyses be used to capture the full complexity of the variance in wellness and psychopathology.
Academic text (2008) -
Today, special education (Council for Exceptional Children, 1991) is again moving in the direction of noncategorical delivery of services because of empirical questions derived from research that question the effectiveness of category-based intervention systems.
Academic text (1994) -
Finally, AR presents opportunities for further educational engagement and process/competency reiteration for at-risk learners as well as the general noncategorical student populace.
Academic text (2012) -
First, official authority for establishing noncategorical special education eligibility determination appeared at 34 CFR 300.125, which stated that "nothing in the Act requires that children be classified by their disability so long as each child who has a disability ... and who ... needs special education and related services is regarded as a child with a disability."
Academic text (2000) -
For example, changes in IDEA have promoted a reconceptualization of parental involvement in special education children's programming; required systematic behavioral/functional assessments when disciplinary actions are considered; and provided the option of noncategorical classification when determining special educational eligibility for children between the ages of 3 and 9 years.
Academic text (2000) -
New Zealand adopts a noncategorical approach to disability, defining disability in relation to student need.
Synonyms
3
7.5
Not clearly divided into different parts or types
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4.6
Not put into any group or category
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8.1
Not able to fit into any group
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8.1
Not clearly one thing or another so people cannot decide what it is
Not limited to one specific type or category
Not put into any group or folder
Antonyms
How Categorical
Surface Forms
Morphology
noncategorical = categorical (transparent) = non + category + ical
Formed by the productive negating prefix 'non-' applied to the adjective 'categorical', yielding the straightforward negated meaning.
Etymology
Noncategorical is made from non- meaning 'not' and category meaning 'a group or class'. So noncategorical describes something that does not fit into a single group and is left open or mixed.