noninstruction

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ instruction

Noun[edit]

noninstruction (uncountable)

  1. Lack of instruction.
    • 1984, P. David Pearson, Rebecca Barr, Michael L. Kamil, Handbook of Reading Research, volume 2, page 940:
      No comprehension instruction was observed for the social studies period. For the reading period, the teachers spent their greatest amount of time in "comprehension: assessment" (17.65%); next was "noninstruction" (10.72%); followed by "transition" (10.75%); []