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vicarious learning

vicarious learning noun: an instructional approach in which the acquisition of knowledge occurs through the observation and imitation of behavior, rather than through direct personal experience.

Noun

vicarious learning (countable and uncountable, plural vicarious learnings)

  1. An instructional approach in which the acquisition of knowledge occurs through the observation and imitation of behavior, rather than through direct personal experience.

Forms of vicarious learning

pluralvicarious learnings

Questions about vicarious learning

What does vicarious learning mean?
Vicarious learning means an instructional approach in which the acquisition of knowledge occurs through the observation and imitation of behavior, rather than through direct personal experience.
What part of speech is vicarious learning?
Vicarious learning is a noun.
What is the plural of vicarious learning?
The plural of vicarious learning is vicarious learnings.

Words near vicarious learning in the dictionary

  1. vicarious
  2. vicarious atonement
  3. vicarious atonements
  4. vicarious embarrassment
  5. vicarious embarrassments
  6. vicarious learning
  7. vicarious learnings
  8. vicarious liability
  9. vicarious punishment
  10. vicarious punishments
  11. vicarious reinforcement

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