Glossary: International Teaching Terms

Acronym that means Nota BENE from Latin, used in texts to draw attention to a point or an issue.

An Australian standardised test administered in years 3, 5, 7, 9. The acronym is short for National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The National Board of Medical Examiners develop and manage the USMLE examinations for medical practitioners in the US.  They have developed a large body of evidence and research around examination and question types in order to increase assessment validity. 

Necesidades Educativas Especiales

Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few inches. Present and anticipated applications include contactless transactions, data exchange, and simplified setup of more complex communications such as Wi-Fi. Communication is also possible between an NFC device and a passive NFC chip, called a "tag".

NLP: Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Is a method for study and understand the behaviour of anybody.

Non Technical Piece of Science

National Vocational Qualification

These are work based courses that allow students to achieve a qualification while gaining experience of their chosen vocation. For example, apprenticeships.

NVivo is qualitative data analysis software that supports qualitative and mixed methods research. It lets you collect, organise, and analyse content from interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, audio, social media data and web pages.