reading, writing, or other work on lessons, done in school by students at their desks
seatwork in American English
(ˈsitˌwɜːrk)
noun
Education
work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision
Word origin
[seat + work]
Examples of 'seatwork' in a sentence
seatwork
The analyses reveal that the participating teachers utilised their time during seatwork very differently.
Ingvill Krogstad Svanes, Kirsti Klette 2018, 'Teachers' instructional practices during pupils' individual seatwork in NorwegianLanguage arts', Education Inquiryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2017.1380485. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most frequently observed practices included reading aloud, questioning, seatwork, activating prior knowledge, and using graphic organizers.
Tiffany Ko, Marie Tejero Hughes 2015, 'Reading Comprehension Instruction for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: A RealityCheck', Education Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/5/4/413. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)