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teachability

teachability

4.1
Being willing and able to learn from other people
  • noun
  • /ˌtiːtʃəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : enseñabilidad
  • His teachability impressed the coach, as he quickly grasped the new techniques during practice.

Examples

  • Students with and at risk for behavioral disorders (BD) pose particular challenges in the areas of teachability, identification and eligibility for special education services, and inclusion in general education settings.

    Academic text (1993)
  • But here too, I have found obedience and docility (teachability) to be very freeing in the end.

    Blog text (9)
  • Right, because that comment and all your comments tonight just show a bundle of humility and teachability.

    Blog text (28)
  • No amount of research on the teachability of subjects will be accepted when there is a dominant, countervailing ideology.

    Academic text (1992)
  • It is quite possible that the first two criteria (quality and teachability) might be met, but the third one would not.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Generally speaking, good music will meet the standard of teachability because its content and expressive qualities will be sufficient to provide a basis for teaching material.

    Academic text (2000)
  • They may have felt that the principal was questioning their abilities, and resulting feelings of inadequacy could have impaired their teachability and learning.

    Academic text (2012)
  • They find that declines in teachability on the race and family indicators are more than offset by increases in school readiness, economics, and community, resulting in an overall increase in teachability of 8.7%.

    Academic text (2017)
  • They find that declines in teachability on the race and family indicators are more than offset by increases in school readiness, economics, and community, resulting in an overall increase in teachability of 8.7%.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the first analysis of its kind, Greene and Forster (2004) construct a Teachability Index composed of 16 social factors in the categories of school readiness, economics, community, health, race, and family, and measure improvement or decline in each from 1970 to 2001.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

trainability
vsteachability
4.3

How easy it is to teach an animal or person new things

is more about being willing to learn rather than just ability to follow instruction
coachability
vsteachability
4.8

Being willing and able to learn from advice and feedback

is broader, including being easy to receive instruction as well as accepting guidance
biddability
vsteachability
9.1

Willingness to follow instructions and accept guidance

is about openness to learn rather than simple obedience or influence

How Teachable

teachability
4.1
reluctance
68 3.6

Surface Forms

teachability singular

Morphology

teachability = teachable (transparent) = teach + able + ity

Built from 'teachable' (teach + -able) + -ity; the nominal meaning 'the quality of being easy to teach' follows standard English word-formation.

Etymology

Teachability comes from teach, the same root as teacher, plus able ('can') and the ending -ity that turns a verb into a quality. So it means the quality of being 'able to be taught' or 'willing to learn'.