Vocabulary of the day Factoid A factoid is an interesting piece of information that may not necessarily be true or proven. Unfortunately, teacher ground their teaching sometimes on factoids rather than on evidence-based facts. For example, a lot of teachers believe that the mere use of many different teaching methods is a characteristic of high-quality teaching. Digest (verb) The word digest may have different meanings. Literally, it means to change food in your stomach into substances that your body can use. Salad, for example, is easier to digest than meal. In a figurative way, it can also mean to read or hear new information and take the necessary time to understand it. For a deeper understanding of learning theories, it isn‘t sufficient to read different texts, you have to read it slowly and think about it to digest it. portion (noun) a portion is a part of something larger. A large portion of students' success depends on the way lecturers design their teaching. Simply copying large portions of text and changing a few words will be regarded as plagiarism. grasp (verb; noun) Grasp as a verb means to understand something difficult: Part of a successful exam in law is to quickly grasp a complex problem and find possible solutions. As a noun, grasp can mean the ability to get, achieve, or keep something: The more I‘m learning English the more I‘m afraid that fluency is beyond my grasp. Thank you for correcting my text!