11.1- Caveats

Vocab Word- Caveats

Where I found it- Multimodality article from Siegels.
"Nothing may seem more ironic than suggesting that talk about multimodality could be linked to assessment, so I begin with some caveats and clarifications."

Siegel, M. (2012). New times for multimodality? confronting the accountability culture. journal of adolescent & adult literacy, 55(8), 671-680.
Definition- Merriam Webster defines caveats as:

1a: a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices

b: an explanation to prevent misinterpretation

c: a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something

Familiarity-  I was not familair with this word before looking it up.

Reflective Commentary- I find this word, caveats, interesting and i think that we, as educators, should know what it means. We give our students caveats while we teach everyday, especially when defining caveats as "an explanation to prevent misinterpretations." It's funny that we give kids caveats toi our students but do not actually refer to them as caveats.