KWL table. A KWL table, or KWL chart, is a graphical organizer designed to help in learning. The letters KWL are an acronym, for what students, in the course of a lesson, already know, want to know, and ultimately learn. It is a part of the constructivist teaching method where students move away from what are considered traditional methods of teaching and learning.
(rÄ­-dÅ­kâ²shÉn) n. 1. The act or process of reducing. 2. The result of reducing: a reduction in absenteeism. 3. The amount by which something is lessened or diminished: a reduction of 12 percent in violent crime. 4. A sauce that has been thickened or concentrated by boiling.
[noncount] medical. : loss of feeling in a person's body or part of the body through the use of drugs. The patient was given an injection to induce anesthesia. patients who are under general anesthesia [=patients who have been given drugs that make them unconscious and unable to feel pain]. The doctor removed the mole while the patient was under local anesthesia. [=the patient had been given drugs that took away feeling in only the part of the body where the doctor worked]. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. Comments & Questions. Comments & Questions.