educationally

For learning purposes

Educationally is an adverb describing something done in relation to education or learning.

It often modifies adjectives or verbs to specify the educational dimension of a situation: The program was educationally sound but financially unsustainable.

Children may be described as educationally disadvantaged or educationally gifted.

The word also appears in discussions of policy and practice: What works educationally doesn't always align with what's politically popular.

instructional

teaching

Profession of instructing others

training · pedagogy · guidance · demonstration · lesson · drill · practice · workshop · homework · assignment

academic

scholarly

Marked by serious learning

thesis · dissertation · peer-reviewed · journal · professor · seminar · scholarship · citation · bibliography · discipline

developmental

milestones

Notable points of progress

progression · enrichment · nurturing · formation · readiness · aptitude · potential · advancement · age-appropriate · foundational

learning

knowledge

Understood facts and skills

awareness · literacy · numeracy · study · reasoning · analysis · curiosity · retention · memory · engagement

institutional

school

Place of instruction

trimester · curriculum · enrollment · attendance · after-school · extracurricular · homeschool · preschool · elementary · secondary

Opposites
purpose/intent

educationallyrecreationally

In a fun-seeking manner

entertainingly · leisurely · playfully · for fun · commercially

benefit/value

educationallydetrimentally

In an injurious manner

harmfully · unproductively · misleadingly · stultifyingly · wastefully

cognitive engagement

educationallymindlessly

Without mental engagement

thoughtlessly · passively · unthinkingly · vacuously · superficially

Phrases
Family

educational, educationalist, noneducational

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G