Linked Learning students also reported better jobs that were more likely to offer paid vacation, sick time, and health insurance.
Across the outcomes examined, we found that, on average,
Linked Learning students in each of the five focal groups performed as well as or better than similar peers in traditional high school programs.
(The ECCO roadmap is a guide that
Linked Learning students will use to plan out their four years of high school.
Linked Learning students follow personally relevant, industry - themed pathways in a wide range of fields.
For
Linked Learning students, education is organized around industry - sector themes.
These findings turn out to be as good or better to what we've seen in urban districts, where
Linked Learning students are earning more credits and graduating at higher rates than peers in traditional high school programs.
Linked Learning students understand how their high school education leads to their next academic or career steps.
For the purposes of the brief, we operationalized access and equity as follows: to evaluate access, we examined districts» choice and recruitment policies and assessed the degree to which pathways were representative of their districts» high school student populations; to evaluate equity, we compared academic outcomes for
Linked Learning student subgroups with those of similar peers in traditional high school settings.
Not exact matches
Each Main Lesson relates to the
students» stage of development for that year and is
linked to other subjects, building upon prior knowledge, experience, and skills in creative ways that engage
students in their
learning.
Homework is said to provide a
link between parents and the material
students are
learning in the classroom, and to teach
students responsibility, self - discipline, and organization.
(For just one study showing the
link between improved nutrition, better
learning and lowered
student absenteeism, I'll refer you here.)
If you are a
student, I ask you to please read this article and the
links to my other articles on the deadly toxins in processed food and how children as young as ten are developing diabetes, heart disease,
learning problems because of poor diet.
For example, read A Hero's Breakfast to
learn how to design a program in which local community heroes come in and speak to
students about the importance of a healthy breakfast; this past play includes
links to tips sheets, menu ideas, and templates to help you get started.
Students will be able to access digital copies of their textbooks along with
links to eResources such as Castle
Learning, HMH Think Central, and Nettrekker.
In the classroom environment, popular culture can make the
learning process more engaging, invigorate the content
linked to key
learning objectives, and potentially address issues
students have with key concepts.
About 10 years ago, my colleagues and I ran an experiment in which we
learned 72 percent of college
students trusted
links that appeared to originate from friends — even to the point of entering personal login information on phishing sites.
A new report on how teachers use video games in classrooms identifies features they find most useful to track
student learning, as well as gaps where better tools could help
link games more closely to the curriculum.
Assessment
linked to science
learning goals: Probing
student thinking through assessment.
Emphasizing this
link between connecting a computer program to a circuit that you wire and that is connected to a piece of art or an object makes working with the Raspberry Pi Projects Kit a unique and fun
learning experience for
students.
Weeks ago, I asked the teacher about what knowledge base the
students would have in genetics, and was impressed to
learn that their curriculum included not only Mendel and Punnett squares, but also polygenic traits, sex -
linked genes, and genetic engineering.
Accountability has been a central theme of education reform for almost two decades, driven by the unchallenged central finding of James Coleman's seminal 1966 study: Although some interventions are demonstrably more effective than others, there's no direct
link between what goes into a school by way of resources and what comes out by way of
student learning.
This
link becomes obvious e.g. when the
students learn about the life of children in a refugee camp in Malawi or when they make friends with
students in Afghanistan who are both directly suffering from the violence surrounding them.
A current study of 10
Linked Learning programs in California, for example, has so far found that
students in these programs have dramatically lower dropout rates and slightly higher graduation rates, than the state as a whole, and are more likely to graduate with the courses required for admission to California's public universities.
Linked Learning schools also appear to foster
students» career and civic capacities.
The schools in the study use either the model from
Linked Learning Alliance or Envision Schools — both of which show clear evidence of engaging and developing high levels of proficiency for
students of color, English learners, and low - income
students — at levels that far exceed traditional schools serving similar
students.
Eighty - nine percent of
students at
Linked Learning sites agreed that their school was preparing them for success in career, while 49 % indicated that «helping others in the community» is «very important» compared to 35 % of a national sample.
There are now many examples of programs that
link classrooms from around the world so that
students can
learn from each other.
One group of award - winning teachers says that the greatest boosts to
student achievement come from
linking learning to real life and getting parents involved in their children's education.
This lesson includes: - Clear
learning objectives, - Fully differentiated resources, - Opportunities for group work, class discussions and extended writing, - Pace and challenge throughout, - High level analysis of challenging texts, -
Links to relevant clips including a documentary for higher level
students,
Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge in context, which can help
students remember it, especially if the
students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing,
students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount of effort involved in
learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content
linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.
The
Link Between Art and History Harvard Gazette, 4/19/16» «We create tours that connect back to what they're
learning in class,» said HGSE
student teacher Jessica Paik.
Then the teacher uses that engagement to
link to the lesson, and the
students realize that their likes or interests can channel a
learning experience.
Stock, a K - 12 digital
learning expert, explains how blended
learning is a construct rather than a model, and details the thinking that led her group to
link personalized instruction with
student - driven
learning.
The
Linked Learning initiative is building a half - dozen or more career pathways in each of nine school districts, on the theory that students can get all the math, English, science, and social studies they need for a university, along with technical and job skills, but do it in a way that makes learning more fun and gives them real, relevant work exp
Learning initiative is building a half - dozen or more career pathways in each of nine school districts, on the theory that
students can get all the math, English, science, and social studies they need for a university, along with technical and job skills, but do it in a way that makes
learning more fun and gives them real, relevant work exp
learning more fun and gives them real, relevant work experience.
This PowerPoint could be used as a full lesson and includes attached activities, challenging and thoughtful questions, and embedded URL
links where appropriate and tasks / information for
students to use to
learn about issues relating to Exchange Rates.
We've also
learnt more recently that there's a really strong
link between
student engagement,
student behaviour and academic achievement.
The booklet contains numerous
links to videos, websites and articles that give the
students the theoretical and real life content they require to
learn and increase understanding.
Have you
students go to this
link to
learn more about this career.
The
students class teacher, who helped run the activity, says it
links nicely with their classroom
learning about adjectives and nouns.
Students say a peer mentoring program
linking their school with a local university has helped make science
learning more relevant to the real world.
GCSE Business lesson: Questions to be asked For the Edexcel Exam board This PowerPoint could be used as a full lesson and includes attached activities, challenging and thoughtful questions,
learning objectives and embedded URL
links where appropriate and tasks / information for
students to use to
learn about issues relating to Questions to be asked These resources work well with other popular Business Resources such as: What is Enterprise?
In «Age of Distraction: Why It's Crucial for
Students to
Learn to Focus,» Katrina Schwartz refers to studies showing that the ability to focus on a task has been
linked to future success.
Using the Bank of England's expertise, experience and management of the UK's economy, your
students will
learn the importance of critical thinking and forward planning in decision - making, through three engaging and curriculum -
linked lessons.
To download Targeted teaching: how better use of data can improve
student learning, click the
link.
GCSE Business lesson: Objectives when starting up a business For the Edexcel Exam board This PowerPoint could be used as a full lesson and includes attached activities, challenging and thoughtful questions,
learning objectives and embedded URL
links where appropriate and tasks / information for
students to use to
learn about issues relating to Objectives when starting up a business.
Presentations include: Clear
learning objectives relevant to the Eduqas specification Colourful, accurate and well presented materials
Links to video materials (where appropriate) Quick Fire Five questions to assess immediate
student understanding of the topic.
GCSE Business lesson: Invention vs Innovation For the Edexcel Exam board This PowerPoint could be used as a full lesson and includes attached activities, challenging and thoughtful questions,
learning objectives and embedded URL
links where appropriate and tasks / information for
students to use to
learn about issues relating to Innovation vs Invention.
Students say a peer mentoring program
linking Glasshouse Christian College (GCC) with a local university has helped make science
learning more relevant to the real world.
The book represents a culminating work of the ArtsLiteracy Project, a project that develops curricula and professional development practices based on the premise that
linking literacy and the arts creates powerful
learning opportunities for
students both in core academic subjects and in the arts.
With the nation's economic recovery seemingly stuck in low gear, the need to better understand the
link between
learning and a career seems more critical than ever for high school
students preparing to graduate and enter the next phase of their lives.