Sentences with phrase «half of the teachers surveyed»

Just over half of the teachers surveyed (51 %) said students were being sent to school without basic equipment like pens.

Jacobowitz says one of the teachers she surveyed reported more subtle effects, too.

Nearly half of the teachers surveyed say it is the low - performing students who generally benefit from the use of games, and more than half believe games have the ability to motivate struggling and special education students.

* Nearly all of the teachers surveyed (95 %) said they need more help and advice finding great books to get kids excited about reading.

Of all teachers surveyed, over a third (36 per cent) admit that they have struggled to make things in the world real and relatable when their students have not experienced them previously, and 42 per cent say they often don't have the time to do so.

Booking issues were also viewed as an obstacle, causing problems for 29 per cent of teachers surveyed.

Teachers and pupils gave it top marks, with 92 per cent of teachers surveyed saying that pupils were more engaged with learning when outdoors and 85 per cent seeing a positive impact on their behaviour.

87 per cent of teachers surveyed said they believed that learning with technology can help students «be eager to explore new things», while 60 per cent agreed that it encourages students to «ask and answer questions to deepen understanding».

However, in contrast to this, recent research from Techknowledge for Schools has found that 87 per cent of teachers surveyed believe that learning with technology can help students «be eager to explore new things».

Fortunately, there is a shift towards greater reliance and awareness of the organisation and also the LOtC Quality Badge, with 72 per cent of teachers surveyed in 2015 stating that STF membership would be either likely to influence or be an essential pre ‑ requisite in their choice of school trip provider.

In 2002 and 2003 no single choice received more than half of the responses, but the fact that fewer than half of the teachers surveyed selected the first choice, none, is remarkable; it means that for two years» running more than half of the union members surveyed believe that some portion of their pay should be based on accurately measured student growth.

18 % of teachers surveyed say their school does not have any safety measures in place to protect teachers, whilst 48 % of schools don't have alarm devices or mobile apps to activate alerts.

Of all teachers surveyed, over a third admitted that they have struggled to make things in the world real and relatable when their students have not experienced them previously, and 42 % say they often don't have the time to do so.

Understand the technology Our research suggests that schools recognise the importance of developing a full understanding of the factors affecting successful implementation; approximately 40 per cent of the teachers surveyed stressed that they will require training into the use of tablet technology.

In some cases, neuromyth statements were believed to be true by more than 95 per cent of the teachers surveyed.

In fact, 81 percent of teachers surveyed in the study above expressed concerns about the possible pitfalls that arise from mixing professional work with social media.

Fortunately, there is a shift towards greater reliance and awareness of the organisation and also the LOtC Quality Badge, with 72 per cent of teachers surveyed in 2015 stating that STF membership would be either likely to influence or be an essential pre-requisite in their choice of school trip provider.

As a counterpoint, the drawbacks of marking do outweigh the potential benefits for some of the teachers surveyed.

The NASUWT teaching union found that more than one third of teachers surveyed felt that their school building was not fit for teaching, with 40 per cent stating that their buildings were not good for pupils.

Teachers share what most Americans would likely regard as a vision of responsible citizenship — with 83 % of the teachers surveyed seeing the U.S. as a unique country that stands for something special in the world.

Seventy percent of the teachers surveyed also gave «excellent» or «good» ratings to using feedback from principals and administrators...

According to the national charity, Dyslexia Action, dyslexia affects approximately 10 % of the UK population, yet 74 % of teachers surveyed by the charity stated that they did not feel satisfied that their initial teacher training provided them with the skills they need to identify and teach children with dyslexia.

More than a third (34 %) of teachers surveyed thought there were young carers at their school who were not sufficiently supported and almost a third (29 %) said they didn't think their school had any particular ways of supporting young carers.

Most concerning, 42 per cent of the teachers surveyed responded that they felt less able to do their job well as a result of their worries and 27 per cent felt distracted at work.

In 2008, the team found that 60 % of teachers surveyed said that struggling students were a «top priority» at their schools while just 23 % said the same of «academically advanced» students — even on a question to which teachers could provide multiple answers.

As a result, a significant portion of the teachers surveyed here report spending class time discussing with students how search engines work, how to assess the reliability of the information they find online, and how to improve their search skills.

Even when they teach, over 30 percent of the teachers surveyed provide misinformation to their students, claiming that recent climate change is «likely due to natural causes.»

97 % of teachers surveyed say that the system was badly managed by the Department for Education.

Given these perceived deficits in key skills, it is not surprising that 80 % of teachers surveyed say they spend class time discussing with students how to assess the reliability of online information, and 71 % spend class time discussing how to conduct research online in general.

Only 10 % of teachers surveyed believe it has supported children's writing.

To improve students» chances at success, a majority of teachers surveyed said they would like to see tougher academic standards that are the same...

Fewer than one - fifth of the teachers surveyed gave the top rating to their schools in preparing students to learn.

As advocates pore over the results of teacher surveys being conducted nationally, at the state level, and even at individual schools, observers are beginning to ask questions about how the information can be used to inform policies to improve teachers» working conditions and promote teacher and leadership effectiveness.

Almost 90 percent of principals and 75 percent of teachers surveyed agreed or strongly agreed that the policy had made parents more concerned about their child's progress.

We found a significant main effect for district size on all eight variables from Round One and all three from Round Two of the teacher surveys (see Table 1.6.2).

Did you know that 80 % of teachers surveyed believe that continuous improvement is vital to their success?

Evidence for this sub-study was provided by responses to 58 items on the first round of teacher surveys and 58 items from the first round of principal surveys.

We found a significant main effect for school size on all eight variables from Round One and all three from Round Two of the teacher surveys.

From our analysis of the teacher survey we found that Factor 2, Instructional Actions, requires a direct role in instructional operations.

Looking at teacher ratings of school climate, school openness to parents, and district support (from Round Two of the teacher survey), we find once again that as poverty and diversity increase, teachers «ratings of climate, openness to parents, and district support decrease (see Table 1.6.1 below, and Appendix C1.6.1).141

This is not a theoretical debate: Of the teachers surveyed, two - thirds said implementation of the new standards is either mostly or fully complete in their districts.

Nonetheless, 77 percent of teachers surveyed said that they would oppose eliminating tenure.

However, based on the responses of the teachers surveyed by Scholastic, there isn't a clear path for finding appropriate tools to guide instruction.

While 87 percent of teachers surveyed believe they improved «some» or «tremendously» over the last several years, only about half surveyed believe the majority of professional development actually improved their instruction.

These reported implementation fidelity results were obtained through a combination of teacher surveys and structured classroom visits by project staff at specified times during the school year.

More than three quarters — 76 % — of teachers surveyed by a chapter of Educators for Excellence said that they wanted more training so that they would not contribute to racial disparities in discipline.

73 % of teachers surveyed in 2012 found it very challenging or challenging to engage parents in improving the education of students.

Sarah Hannafin, a senior policy adviser at the National Association of Head Teachers, said that just half of the teachers surveyed by her union reported that sex education is being taught by trained staff in their schools.

In addition, 68 % of the teachers surveyed said that their visits with CTs lasted between 30 - 60 minutes.

The fact that 84 % of teachers surveyed want training on how to teach these skills indicates that they feel unprepared to make this shift.