Sentences with phrase «ability of students in»

The assessments include questions that match the general range of ability of students in the target year level.

Under the right conditions, intensive and skillful instruction in basic word reading skills can have a significant impact on the comprehension ability of students in fifth grade and beyond (Center on Instruction, 2008).

From geographic barriers that limit the ability of students in certain locales to access online learning to restricting blended learning in some unfortunate ways, California has created a maze to frustrate would - be innovators.

Once all parent requests are in, teachers carefully identify the unique needs and abilities of each student in their current classroom.

Even if the students are being drawn from the same families and the same neighborhoods, the average performance of a school can fluctuate from year to year depending on the attitudes and abilities of the students in each cohort.

We believe that the path to equity is connected to the ability of every student in every classroom, in every subgroup, to have access to deeper learning that fosters critical thinking and then allows them to learn how to create, how to communicate effectively, how to solve problems and how to manage their own learning.

Not exact matches

As of yet, there are no fully online electrical engineering programs in Canada, but some offer students the ability to work while they learn.

To put those scores in perspective, a student with baseline financial literacy skills — including the ability to apply the concept of value for money and identify relevant financial information on items such as invoices — would score somewhere in the range of 400 to 475.

It also gave students more flexibility in customizing their coursework to account for their ability level, offering core classes at several different levels of difficulty.

Other measures include: • remove rule limiting Child Tax Credit (CTC) to one claimant per household (to allow two or more families sharing a house to claim the CTC); • repeal $ 10,000 cap on medical expense tax credit claims made on medical costs incurred for an eligible dependent; • easier access to funds in Registered Disability Savings Plans for beneficiaries with shortened life spans; • improved Employment Insurance benefits to parents of gravely ill, murdered, or missing children; and • enhanced ability to make transfers between individual RESPs, and better access to RESP funds for post-secondary students studying outside Canada.

«Students can come out of this school fully versed in the ability to make highly technical outerwear.»

Why you want one: The best perk of 529 plans is the ability to to pay for a host of college - related expenses, including tuition, room and board, books, computer equipment, and even Internet access, all tax - free (the plan student has to be enrolled in school to qualify for the computer and Internet perks, though).

So a student in the bottom half of his class at Harvard University might be less confident in his abilities than a student in the top half of his class at a less prestigious institution.

«If you're not going to be in the top half of the class, you're going to run the risk of mistakenly thinking that you are not a good student, of coming to a conclusion about your own abilities that's at odds with reality.»

The role of the Haskayne Founders» Circle Cabinet is to raise money for the Haskayne School of Business resulting in enriched student experience, improved teaching and learning environment and acceleration of the school's ability to be an international leader in business education.

One of the most notable benefits with federal student loans is the ability to enroll in one of eight different repayment programs.

For example, a student loan is a good type of loan because you are investing in your ability to make more money.

In addition, since your ability to obtain a private loan depends largely on a student's (and often their parents») creditworthiness, interest rates can vary quite a bit and can potentially be significantly higher than those available through one of the federal options we discussed earlier.

The 11 % of borrowers who don't understand the credit impact of student loans should learn how debt repayment will affect their ability to take out other loans in the future.

According to Politico, late Monday night, the Department of Education told a federal appeals court that a court order blocking its ability to send any newly defaulted student loan borrowers to its hired debt collectors has cost taxpayers more than $ 5 million in lost collections since

Studying the humanities offers students «mental empowerment» so that they can go forward in life armed with «a sense of social responsibility» and «intellectual and practical skills that span all areas of study, such as communication, analytical and problem - solving skills, and a demonstrated ability to apply knowledge and skills in real - world settings.»

«While we support the ability of all our students to explore difficult issues, we also encourage them to do so in ways that are sensitive to others,» he aid.

If SB 1146 were to pass, it would deny students» ability to participate in state grant programs — programs that exist to help low - income students, and which are overwhelmingly used by racial minorities — at schools that are found in violation of the bill.

Some sympathy has to go to the teachers who usually have to teach in overcrowded and very mixed abilities of students and little ability or limited latitude to discipline.

The survival of institutions in the «80s will be linked to their ability to admit and retain students, both in the traditional 18 - to - 21 age bracket and in the «nontraditional» categories; i.e., anybody who missed out on a college education the first time around.

Some observers believe that there has been a steep decline in the abilities and skills students bring to seminary, a decline that bodes ill for the work of ministry.

Some students in each group have the full range of abilities and characteristics that define «good» students, but many come to seminary with serious limitations.

Placing students of similar ability together certainly makes for easier and more efficient instruction; the more able students do not need to wait for the slow ones to catch up, and the slow ones are not made to feel inadequate in comparison with the fast ones.

The distinction between social class and functional classification is discussed particularly in the field of education and the dangers of grading students abilities and the grades in which students are placed.

A great flaw in turning study into play is that it deprives students of the ability to derive the great enjoyment that follows from substantial knowledge of and affinity with one discipline.

Baldwin told the students of fashion that «billions of people around the world» buy all kinds of things in order to «make a statement to the best of their ability, and within the boundaries of their own tastes and budgets, about who they are.»

In our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changeIn our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changeIn this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changein this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changes.

They are, first, the development of the student's emotional, intellectual, social, and professional life; second, knowledge and understanding of human behavior in breadth and depth; and third, the ability to relate to others therapeutically through an understanding of psychotherapeutic approaches and processes.

Everything in society is now viewed through that very instrumentalized lens and unlike a lot of other people who hold the kind of job that I do, it's totally understandable that that would be the orientation, because higher education has done a spectacularly poor job of delivering on its promises: It has racked up over $ 1.4 trillion in student loan debt, putting an immense burden upon the next generation, not only financially, but dampening their ability to innovate and create.

Some students prefer to use «problem drinking» rather than alcoholism in describing this non-addicted excessive drinking, since there is apparently no loss of the ability to control the intake of alcohol.

By throwing millions at various diversity initiatives, university administrators propitiate the idols of diversity and tolerance while contributing to a climate that actively undermines the ability of students and faculty alike to engage in free speech and debate in an atmosphere of respect and civility.

With many years» experience communicating effectively with teachers and students, Kids Media has a comprehensive knowledge of educational technology (computers and interactive whiteboards in classrooms), teacher culture, classroom dynamics and the various learning levels and abilities of students.

Our athletes will work under the direction of caring coaches who can assist each student in succeeding to the best of their ability.

A group of alumni, otherwise unidentified, had asked the bureau whether «an organization which raises funds to be used principally in travel and other activities necessary to interview and persuade prospective students with outstanding athletic ability to attend a particular university» was tax exempt.

Our background in both culinary arts and education has lead us to having a superb track record and impressive list of clients which clearly speaks to our ability to engage students of all ages in the best cooking classes & camps in the Bay Area!

Your student will have the ability to change tracks on a week - to - week basis; however, there will be no switching in the middle of the week.

The Club organises inter-college competitions for Oxford students of any ability, including college pool leagues in Michaelmas and Cuppers in Hilary / Trinity.

>> Courage «'' The ability to overcome fear of failure, which often takes the form of «perfectionism» in youth and collegiate student - athletes.

As well as being a keen student of geometry, he also had unquestionably faith in his own ability and a stubborn personality is believed to have been the first player to sign for Hibs who negotiated his own terms.

Testing provides, sort of a snapshot, of a child's skill set and abilities at a given time, and allows a parent and a school to develop more appropriate expectations of the students; whether it's performance in school or ability to learn.

The initial reaction of many educators, when they first encounter the research about non-cognitive abilities that I wrote about in How Children Succeed, is to try to figure out how to teach their students these skills.

Students would buy the attention - deficit drugs from other students with an ADHD diagnosis before AP Exams, research papers or SAT / ACT tests, in hope of increased concentration and a greater ability to stay awake during sStudents would buy the attention - deficit drugs from other students with an ADHD diagnosis before AP Exams, research papers or SAT / ACT tests, in hope of increased concentration and a greater ability to stay awake during sstudents with an ADHD diagnosis before AP Exams, research papers or SAT / ACT tests, in hope of increased concentration and a greater ability to stay awake during studying.

The capacities that develop in the earliest years may be harder to measure on tests of kindergarten readiness than abilities like number and letter recognition, but they are precisely the skills, closely related to executive functions, that researchers have recently determined to be so valuable in kindergarten and beyond: the ability to focus on a single activity for an extended period, the ability to understand and follow directions, the ability to cope with disappointment and frustration, the ability to interact capably with other students.

In this century, deeper - learning proponents argue, the job market requires a very different set of skills, one that our current educational system is not configured to help students develop: the ability to work in teams, to present ideas to a group, to write effectively, to think deeply and analytically about problems, to take information and techniques learned in one context and adapt them to a new and unfamiliar problem or situatioIn this century, deeper - learning proponents argue, the job market requires a very different set of skills, one that our current educational system is not configured to help students develop: the ability to work in teams, to present ideas to a group, to write effectively, to think deeply and analytically about problems, to take information and techniques learned in one context and adapt them to a new and unfamiliar problem or situatioin teams, to present ideas to a group, to write effectively, to think deeply and analytically about problems, to take information and techniques learned in one context and adapt them to a new and unfamiliar problem or situatioin one context and adapt them to a new and unfamiliar problem or situation.

But in my reporting for How Children Succeed, I noticed a strange paradox: Many of the educators I encountered who seemed best able to engender noncognitive abilities in their students never said a word about these skills in the classroom.