independent study
noun
: a course of study done by a student without an instructor or with help from an instructor but not as part of an organized class
She is doing an independent study in Art History this semester.
Examples of independent study in a Sentence
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The peer-reviewed, independent study was published in 2023.
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Jeffrey Tomik, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
That category encompasses a variety of school models, from online schools to home school charters to hybrid charters that combine in-person support and independent study.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
Consumers enjoy communities, with 73% of consumers having an overall positive opinion of them, according to an independent study from Tint.
—Jia Rizvi, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
An independent study, also published today in Nature, by neuroimmunologist Jonathan Kipnis and his colleagues at Washington University further detail how rhythmic neuronal activity of the kind induced by the 40-Hz therapy is critical to fluid perfusion and self-cleaning in the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
An independent study published in August estimated the unexpected Covid exit caused 1.9 million excess deaths in two months.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 17 Jan. 2024
The European Space Agency announced this week that the completion of an independent study into an anomaly confirmed the Zefiro 40 nozzle must be redesigned.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
The decision comes after independent study monitors concluded Allovir’s therapy was unlikely to achieve its efficacy goals.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
This is academia as romance, independent study as origin story, and I, for one, was entertained.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
Jeffrey Tomik, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
That category encompasses a variety of school models, from online schools to home school charters to hybrid charters that combine in-person support and independent study.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
Consumers enjoy communities, with 73% of consumers having an overall positive opinion of them, according to an independent study from Tint.
—Jia Rizvi, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
An independent study, also published today in Nature, by neuroimmunologist Jonathan Kipnis and his colleagues at Washington University further detail how rhythmic neuronal activity of the kind induced by the 40-Hz therapy is critical to fluid perfusion and self-cleaning in the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
An independent study published in August estimated the unexpected Covid exit caused 1.9 million excess deaths in two months.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 17 Jan. 2024
The European Space Agency announced this week that the completion of an independent study into an anomaly confirmed the Zefiro 40 nozzle must be redesigned.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
The decision comes after independent study monitors concluded Allovir’s therapy was unlikely to achieve its efficacy goals.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
This is academia as romance, independent study as origin story, and I, for one, was entertained.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
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“Independent study.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/independent%20study. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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