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Proof you did something, even if that something was just filling boxes.
means A printed or digital page of exercises or blank fields meant to be filled in, usually to practice, record, or organize information.
from A plain compound of 'work' plus 'sheet' — sheet going back to Old English 'sceat,' meaning a piece of cloth or flat expanse of material. As paper replaced cloth for record-keeping, 'sheet' simply meant a flat piece of paper, and by the 20th century 'worksheet' had settled into its modern sense: a sheet of paper (or later, a spreadsheet tab) designed to hold the work you're supposed to do.
- origin
- accounting term before it invaded classrooms
- psychology
- feels like learning, often just transcription
- best use
- practice, not assessment of understanding
- worst use
- busywork disguised as rigor