4 prerequisite learning (an item is taught because it provides a foundation
for the next step in the learning process)
5 whole to part or part to whole (the overall structure of an item, such as
a paragraph, may be taught before its components part, or vice versa)
6 spiral sequencing (items are recycled but with new aspects of the item
appearing with subsequent appearances).
see scope and sequencesequencing^1 n
(in conversational analysis) the relationship between utterances, that
is, which type of utterance may follow another one. Sequencing is governed
by rules known as sequencing rules, which may be different for different
languages or different varieties of the same language. In some cases, the
sequence of utterances is quite strictly regulated, as in greetings and leave-
takings (see adjacency pairs) but often there is a range of possibilities
depending on the situation, the topic, the speakers, and their intentions at
the moment.
For example, a question is usually followed by an answer but can, in certain
circumstances, be followed by another question:
A:What are you doing tonight?
B: Why do you want to know?
see also turn-taking
sequencing^2 n
another term for gradation
sequencing rules n
see sequencing^1
sequential access n
see access
sequential processing n
see parallel processing
serial learning n
alsoserial-order learning
the learning of items in a sequence or order, as when a list of words is
memorized In psycholinguistics, serial-order learning theories (also
known as “linear” or “left-to-right” theories) have been compared with
top-to-bottom or hierarchical theories of how people produce sentences.
sequencing