The resultant interactive patterns tend to persist into elementary school and beyond.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
They were only the second generation to experience compulsory elementary education and mostly they detested it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
An elementary school teacher today gets more for experience than most pastors.
Christianity Today (2000)
We defined the world view as an elementary social form of religion.
Greeley, Andrew M. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
What elementary error did their getaway driver make?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
At elementary flying school it was a mandatory exercise.
Len Deighton Bomber
The match was a perplexing mixture of extravagant strokes and elementary errors.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was an elementary error but perhaps an understandable one after eight hours at the crease.
The Sun (2012)
And the reason why an elementary error went unnoticed?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She did so well on a standardised test in her mostly white elementary school that she was asked to take it again.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The second is reading group, a staple of elementary education for more than a century.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
So many basic, elementary errors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was an elementary error.
The Sun (2010)
But an elementary high school text is worth a try, just to get a rough idea of the potency of calculus.
Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
Although mastery learning can and has been implemented in elementary and secondary schools, it is used much more frequently in higher education.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
But as my elementary school maths teachers drilled into my head, you cannot receive full credit for an answer unless you show your work.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These researchers also present evidence that compared to elementary school teachers, junior high teachers adopt a less personal and more adversarial relationship with students.
Larson, Reed & Richards, Maryse H. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents (1994)
The 19th-century Church provided elementary education in areas of great destitution where no other option was available.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In 1891 another Conservative administration dispensed with fees and made elementary education free for all.
Bryant, Arthur The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III (1990)
In other languages
elementary
British English: elementary ADJECTIVE
Something that is elementary is very simple and basic.
...elementary computer skills.
American English: elementary
Brazilian Portuguese: elementar
Chinese: 基本的
European Spanish: elemental
French: élémentaire
German: grundlegend
Italian: elementare
Japanese: 初歩的な
Korean: 기본의
European Portuguese: elementar
Latin American Spanish: elemental
All related terms of 'elementary'
elementary error
An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong , or which should not have been done.
elementary school
An elementary school is a school where children are taught for the first six or sometimes eight years of their education.
elementary student
a student who attends an elementary school
elementary teacher
a teacher in an elementary school
elementary education
the first six to eight years of a child's education
elementary particle
any of several entities , such as electrons , neutrons , or protons , that are less complex than atoms and are regarded as the constituents of all matter
elementary schooling
the first six to eight years of a child's education
Chinese translation of 'elementary'
elementary
(ɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ)
adj
初级(級)的 (chūjí de)
1 (adjective)
Definition
involving only the most basic principles of a subject
Literacy now includes elementary computer skills.
Synonyms
basic
Access to justice is a basic right.
essential
Two essential elements must be proven: motive and opportunity.
primary
our primary needs of air, food and water
initial
The initial reaction has been excellent.
fundamental
the fundamental principles of democracy
introductory
an introductory course in religion and theology
preparatory
At least a year's preparatory work will be needed.
rudimentary
He had only a rudimentary knowledge of French.
elemental
the elemental theory of music
bog-standard (informal)
Opposites
higher
,
advanced
,
secondary
,
progressive
,
highly-developed
2 (adjective)
Definition
simple, basic, and straightforward
elementary questions designed to test numeracy
Synonyms
simple
simple pictures and diagrams
clear
easy
This is not an easy task.
plain
We are just plain people.
straightforward
The question seemed straightforward enough.
rudimentary
uncomplicated
It must be a very uncomplicated arrangement.
facile
His facile win tells us he's in form.
undemanding
unexacting
Opposites
complex,
complicated
,
sophisticated
Additional synonyms
in the sense of easy
Definition
not difficult
This is not an easy task.
Synonyms
simple,
straightforward,
no trouble,
not difficult,
effortless,
painless,
clear,
light,
uncomplicated,
child's play (informal),
plain sailing,
undemanding,
a pushover (slang),
a piece of cake (informal),
no bother,
a bed of roses,
easy-peasy (slang),
a piece of piss (taboo, slang),
EZ
in the sense of elemental
the elemental theory of music
Synonyms
basic,
essential,
principal,
fundamental,
elementary
in the sense of essential
Definition
basic or fundamental
Two essential elements must be proven: motive and opportunity.