Sentences with phrase «middle school teachers tend»

Middle school teachers tend to offer less social support to students than do elementary school teachers.

Not exact matches

In elementary and middle schools, the end of the school year tends to bring with it a long string of outdoor games, field trips, and parties, as teachers let kids rejoice over having made it through to June (and try to keep them from getting so much spring fever that they actually gnaw through their desks in frustration).

Students entering teacher education directly from school in Australia tend to be drawn from the middle third of the student distribution.

In a 2002 pilot study involving three middle school classrooms in Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give direction.

A student in the middle grades may now have as many as five teachers, none of which know her well — one of the reasons big schools, other things being equal, tend to perform less well than others.

«Our research suggests that many senior and middle leaders have a long way to go in terms of setting goals and solving the problems that frequently occur in implementing any strategy,» Bendikson tells RD. «School improvement science suggests that when school leaders really take monitoring and evaluation seriously, they tend to pursue «small wins» in systematic ways, and this can help to build coherent action and teachers» trust in their leaders.&School improvement science suggests that when school leaders really take monitoring and evaluation seriously, they tend to pursue «small wins» in systematic ways, and this can help to build coherent action and teachers» trust in their leaders.&school leaders really take monitoring and evaluation seriously, they tend to pursue «small wins» in systematic ways, and this can help to build coherent action and teachers» trust in their leaders.»

Finally, middle - class schools tend to draw stronger teachers who avoid the tougher working environment found in high - poverty schools.

Two groups of students were studied: elementary - school students in grades 3 through 5 (where most students have a single teacher throughout the year) and middle schoolers in grades 6 through 8 (where students tend to have a different teacher in each subject).

I taught for 30 years in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, so my resources tend to appeal to upper elementary and middle school teachers.

Gender matching of students and math / science teachers in middle and high school tends to increase the likelihood that female college freshman will take at least one STEM course, However, conditional on first - year coursework, neither gender matching at the secondary or college levels appears to have any effect on the likelihood of completing a major in a STEM field.

Increased exposure to Hispanic math and science teachers in middle and high school tends to increase the likelihood that Hispanic students take STEM courses during their first year in college, though pairing black students and black math / science teachers does not have the same positive effect.

At the middle school level, teachers tend to become more isolated as content experts, and in order to make your STEM activities more powerful and engaging, I would highly recommend that you connect in any way possible with those expert colleagues.