noninstructional
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnɪnˈstrʌkʃənl/
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no instructivo
- During recess, students often engage in noninstructional activities like playing games.
- noninstructional time
Examples
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The American Association of School Librarians has developed a toolkit that addresses the issue of the categorization of school library media specialists as currently "noninstructional."
Academic text (2006) -
Research suggests that there are few opportunities for student interaction during the school day—during both instructional and noninstructional time.
Academic text (2003) -
School personnel should be aware that, for students who are rejected or do not "fit in," noninstructional time may provide an environment in which they are picked on by peers.
Academic text (2003) -
For younger students especially, making sure that noninstructional manipulative objects are out of arm's reach can prevent off-task behavior.
Academic text (1992) -
Participants spent a relatively small mean amount of rehearsal time (M = 1.57%, SD = 1.79) in noninstructional interactions between teacher and student.
Academic text (2013) -
The principal emphasized the importance of noninstructional time for social interaction among students.
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Teachers are encouraged to use noninstructional periods to foster community among students.
Synonyms
Not involved in teaching or classroom instruction
Something that is not about school, teaching, or learning
Antonyms
How Instructional
Surface Forms
Morphology
noninstructional = instructional (transparent) = non + instruction + al
Formed by the productive negation prefix 'non-' attached to 'instructional', yielding a direct negated meaning.
Etymology
Noninstructional breaks into non- meaning 'not' and instruction meaning 'teaching', the same root you see in instruct. So noninstructional describes something that is 'not related to teaching', like school jobs for administration, transport, or maintenance.