worksheet - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From work + sheet. First use appears c. 1823 in the publications of Isaac D'Israeli.
worksheet (plural worksheets)
- (education) A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.
- Synonyms: ditto, ditto worksheet
- A sheet of paper listing work that is completed, to be completed or in progress.
- Hypernym: sheet
2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “The demise of the 'Deltics'”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 45:
The final outshopping was 55002, which had arrived on October 14 [1980] for a two-month repair, with the usual worksheet taped to its bodyside stating "to be repainted in two-tone green".
sheet on which problems are worked out
worksheet (third-person singular simple present worksheets, present participle worksheeting, simple past and past participle worksheeted)
- (ambitransitive) To teach or assess by means of worksheets.
1987, Charles R. Chew, Reflections by Teachers Who Write, page 65:
Both reading and writing were viewed as a series of discreet and essentially uninteresting skills to be described, worksheeted, and tested. Students' own intentions or ability as speakers, listeners, readers, or writers were never a consideration.
2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching, page 117:
Lesson after lesson of worksheeting will quickly leave the children bored and disaffected. The class will also suss out pretty quickly that you're being lazy.
2006, Keen J. Babbage, Extreme Students: Challenging All Students and Energizing Learning:
Students cannot be textbooked and worksheeted into mastery, proficiency, brilliance, and commitment.