| Acronyms & Abbreviations
Related to Learning Assistance Learning Support
Center personnel often see acronyms that are not defined.
Although databases for acronyms exist on the Internet, either
they are very extensive or do not list the acronyms that are
used in higher education. Some links to acronym web sites
are listed below followed by a list of acronyms that are specifically
related to learning assistance.
Acronym
Finder, BABEL:
A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms,
Glossary
of Education Terms and Acronyms
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ADD Attention Deficit
Disorder
ACPA American College Personnel Association
AERA American Educational Research Association
APD
Auditory Processing Disorde
ATP Association for the Tutoring
Profession
BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication
Skills
CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorde
CRA College Reading Association
CRLA College Reading & Learning Association
DE Developmental
Education
DE Distance Education
EDRS Education Document Retrieval Service
EMH Educably Mentally Handicapped
ERIC Educational Resources Information
Center
ESL English as a Second Language
ETS Educational Testing
Service
FERPA The Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act
FYE Freshman Year Experience
GPA Grade Point Average
IES Institute of Educational
Sciences
IQ Intelligence
Quotient
KWL Know, Want to Know, Learn
KWL+ Know, Want to Know, Learn, Still Want to Learn
LA Learning Assistance
LAC Learning Assistance Center
LASS Learning Assistance Support System
LASSI Learning & Study Strategies Inventory
LEP Limited English
Proficient
LRNASST Listserv for LearningAassistance
LSC Learning Support Center
LSCHE Learning Support Centers in Higher Education
MBO Management by Objectives
MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online
Teaching
MSLQ Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
MUVE
Multi-user Virtual Environment
NADE National Association for Developmental Education
NCLCA National College Learning Center Association
NCTE National Council of Teachers
of English
NCTM National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics
NISOD National Institute for Staff and Organizational
Development
NODA National Orientation Directors Association
NRC National Reading Conference
NTA National Tutoring Association
OERI Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(Now Institute of Educational Sciences), U.S.
Department of Education
POD Professional and Organizational Development
Network in Higher Education
R & D Research and Development
RD&D Research, Development, and Dissemination
SBI Study Behavior Inventory
SCUP
Society for College and University Planning
SI Supplemental Instruction
SLA
Structured Learning Assistance
SLANT Sit up, Lean Forward, Ask Questions,
Nod, Sit in the T-Zone
SOTL Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning
SQ3R Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
SRL Self-Regulated Learning
SR/SE Survey of Reading/Study Efficiency
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics
TABE Test for Basic Education
T.I.D.E. Technology Institute for Developmental Educators
TII Turnitin (the plagiarism software program)
TOS Terms of Service (rules by which one
must agree to abide by in order to use a service).
WCRA Western College Reading Association
WI Winter Institute
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