A grade should indicate a student's understanding of the coursework, but it may also be a pedagogical device, inspiring a student to improve his study habits.
The talk of generation Xenocrates reinterpreted as a mere pedagogical device; we hear about this technique from Aristotle, De caelo I 10. 279b32 280a2, and Simplicius' commentary ad loc.
In conclusion: mirroring these two critically important philosophical positions Bhāvavevika introduces a type of method or pedagogical device that is unique to the Svātantrika contra to his Prāsaṅgika counterpart.
Such a health information template can serve as a pedagogical device, a comprehensive classification system, and a means to highlight gaps in our current range of data and collection systems" [ 30].
So on this second view, the variation in the methods used by the two schools of the Madhyamaka are not simple differences in their rhetorical devices or pedagogical tools, they are underlain by more serious philosophical disagreements between the two.
In this study, coherence was defined in terms of a number of coherence-creating devices, and pedagogical materials were designed accordingly to teach the concept to a group of 16 ESL university students in Hong Kong.
"Sometimes we think that the glitz of the color animations and the interactivity are, in themselves, more effective pedagogical tools than the more traditional devices," he said, "but they can lull the students into believing they have learned something, and then they do not really study the concepts to master them".
Although these devices may be adequate for pedagogical purposes, such a presentation distorts the actual historical reconstruction.
Online learning opportunities, pedagogical shifts and easy accessibility of Internet through multiple devices offer attractive opportunities for learners to assume greater responsibility and initiative in their own learning.
