Sentences with phrase «ability pupils studying»

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The study of more than 4,000 pupils in England shows that middle - ability students and those whose parents lack qualifications benefit the most from positive feedback.

A study by The Key has found that delays to assessments, insufficient budgets and cuts to local authorities is hampering schools» ability to support special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils.

Each term, all year groups study the same topic, featuring hands - on investigations guaranteed to engage pupils regardless of ability.

Studies have shown that technology has the ability to increase pupil engagement, resulting in better information retention and, therefore, greater results accuracy in a testing environment.

The app is an effective communication tool between teachers and pupils; allowing teachers to set differentiated homework tasks according to pupil ability, provide feedback on homework submitted online, as well as recommend links and resources for further home study.

Using 2008 data for almost 5,000 pupils from the Millennium Cohort Study, it demonstrates biases in teachers» average ratings of sample pupils» reading and maths «ability and attainment» which correspond to every one of these key characteristics.

The study suggested that pupils of similar ability could get different results, depending on which test they had taken.

An Education Policy Institute study says as grammars expand, they will take more lower ability pupils - diluting their high achieving potential.

Grammar schools perform no better than non-selective state schools, once their pupils» higher ability and wealth is taken into account, a study suggests.

The study for the National Union of Teachers says some pupils pushed into working beyond their ability are becoming stressed and disaffected.

We study ability peer effects in English secondary schools using data on four cohorts of pupils taking age14 national tests and measuring peers» ability by prior achievements at age - 11.

Grammar schools take relatively fewer bright, poor pupils than schools that do not select by ability, a study says.

The researchers also found doubts among secondary teachers about the ability of primary schools to deliver «a worthwhile level» of language knowledge that pupils could apply when they moved on to study for GCSEs.

The report says all pupils should study maths to 18, but this should not necessarily be in the form of an A-level or AS - level course, but should include a range of options to suit all abilities.

Another new study by Sussex researchers shows that children are being placed in ability groups according to social class, with pupils from middle - class backgrounds more likely to be assigned to higher sets, irrespective of their prior attainment.

Teaching pupils in mixed - ability groups is so unpopular that researchers struggled to find enough examples to complete a recent study into the practice.

Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS), the main organization for the development of the curriculum and for exploring the use of ICT in education, performed a study on the good Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training and looked at what the effects of the game were on pupils» maths (it's a British release thus the «s» on the end of math) ability.