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Self-Correcting

Describing a situation where a trend is likely to reverse itself and restore the status quo. For example, if a security drops in price by $5, a self-correcting trend would provide some indication that it will soon rise (roughly) $5 to its previous price. See also: Reversion to the Mean.

self-correcting

Of, relating to, or being a security price movement that is excessive and likely to be at least partially retraced.
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Intentional self-interpreting is often represented by cases of self-correction when the child realizes that s/ he has chosen some words from the "wrong" language.
Like examples of self-correction, self-interpreted utterances are discussed in Saunders 1988 to show the development of metalinguistic awareness in the bilingual development of his children.
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This assisted me in determining methods for supporting Vlad's skill in overcoming word reading errors and improving his self-correction rate.
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He was encouraged to make self-corrections if he sorted a word in the wrong category.
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Since it is only the learners who are actually capable of making permanent changes to their interlanguage systems, it has been generally assumed that self-correction is the most beneficial way of repairing communication breakdowns.
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Self-corrections are also learning indicators of the speaker's reflexive work on his/her own discourse: (s)he corrects a word or a syntaxic structure:
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(1995), self-corrections are expected to interrupt either upward or downward efficacy-performance spirals when accurate and specific feedback is provided because it results in improved understanding of task intricacies and the gaps between actual performance and specifications.
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A January 1997 policy statement -- the administrative policy regarding self-corrections -- permits certain plan operating mistakes to be corrected without sanctions before an audit begins.
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Step 7: Flip the transparency for self-checking and self-corrections, if necessary.
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In the area of literacy, the tutee, in a cross-age tutoring program, makes substantial gains in sight vocabulary, reading accuracy, self-corrections, comprehension, and reading age.
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law and policy is capable of significant self-correction, though bloodshed has been required," says Jones.
Atonement and redemption
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