worksheet

English

Alternative forms

• wkst, wksht (abbreviation)

Etymology

From work +‎ sheet.

Noun

worksheet (plural worksheets)

1. A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and answers recorded.

   Hypernym: sheet

Translations

sheet on which problems are worked out

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作表 (zh) (gōngzuòbiǎo)

• Finnish: tehtäväpaperi, tehtävämoniste (paper); tehtäväsivu (on computer)
• German: Arbeitsblatt (de) n
• Hungarian: munkalap (hu)
• Irish: bileog oibre f, bileog shaothair f
• Maori: raumahi
• Thai: ตารางทำการ

Verb

worksheet (third-person singular simple present worksheets, present participle worksheeting, simple past and past participle worksheeted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To teach or assess by means of worksheets.
   • 1987, Charles R. Chew, Reflections by Teachers Who Write, page 65:

     Both reading and writing were viewed as a series of discreet and essentially uninteresting skills to be described, worksheeted, and tested. Students' own intentions or ability as speakers, listeners, readers, or writers were never a consideration.

   • 2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching, page 117:

     Lesson after lesson of worksheeting will quickly leave the children bored and disaffected. The class will also suss out pretty quickly that you're being lazy.

   • 2006, Keen J. Babbage, Extreme Students: Challenging All Students and Energizing Learning:

     Students cannot be textbooked and worksheeted into mastery, proficiency, brilliance, and commitment.

Anagrams

• sheetwork