Sentences with phrase «about educational researchers»

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An educator and researcher turned mother raising four children (born 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012), she blogs at Mama Smiles about crafts, outings, and educational activities that her family enjoys.

In a follow - up study, the researchers hope to learn more about what types of educational programs might help to close the achievement gap, and if possible, investigate whether these interventions also influence brain anatomy.

Starting this past summer, groups within public universities and research institutions — including contract researchers — began holding educational events to alert their communities about the law's implications.

The researchers found both teens with autism and their caregivers felt fearful and anxious about the teens becoming adults; caregivers also reported lacking social, educational and vocational resources to help their children prepare for their futures.

Researchers asked questions about family routines, preschool attendance and family behaviors and challenges, and assessed children using standardized psychological and educational tests.

While the talk is open to the public, all tour guests are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy an interesting and educational chat about the latest scientific discoveries at the Institute with a Salk researcher.

We have found that LGBTQ - identified researchers are less likely to be open about their identities in professional or educational settings than they are in their personal lives, but that specific employer policies can improve openness and comfort in the workplace — and that LGBTQ - identified people are more likely to be open to their colleagues if they work in STEM fields with better representation of women.

Grand Rapids, Michigan About Blog The mission of this blog is to serve as a voice of a constant researcher in the field of educational and assistive technologies so that the best products, strategies and services may be located easily, in hopes that they will then be delivered, taught and used to better the lives of people with disabilities.

28 - July 1 — Dropout prevention: Summer Leadership institute, sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention Center / Network, and the College of Health, Education, and Human Development at Clemson University, for teachers, administrators, counselors, educational policymakers, researchers, and business leaders concerned about at - risk youth, at the Madren Conference Center at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. Contact: John Peters, NDPC / N, 205 Martin St., Clemson, SC 29634; [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected].

The researchers note that all teachers are overly optimistic about their students» educational attainment, irrespective of race, but that white students enjoy relatively more positive bias.

The team's work is mixed - methods research, was designed to address what, how, and why questions that researchers and practitioners have about refugee education with goals of creating educational opportunities for all.

Researchers from RAND studying the first year of Vermont's implementation of portfolio assessments for fourth and eighth graders found that the development of portfolios (work was selected by students with input from classroom teachers) had several positive educational outcomes: Students and teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning, teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented by portfolios), students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on student work.

Snow, who referred to Wheeler's techniques as good «pedagogical practices,» urged educational researchers to find out more about why correcting isn't an effective technique in teaching.

«The use of a single case trial like this one can form the basis of further discussion about ways in which research projects can be tailored to educational settings, making research more relevant to mainstream contexts, and preparing researchers for the many possible challenges that they may encounter,» she said.

Lisa Delpit, an African American literacy researcher and 1990 MacArthur grantee, has written persuasively for many years about the «culture of power» in American schools and classrooms and the «schism between liberal educational movements and that of non-White, non-middle class teachers and communities.»

Using a practice - based focus and a researcher lens, the contributors consider the ways in which environments for children enhance or diminish educational experiences, how social constructs about what is good for children influence environmental design, and what practitioners can do in their own work when creating learning environments for young children.

In partnership with the Data Quality Campaign, I have organized a Researcher Day on the Hill next week to talk to hill staffers about data privacy, FERPA, and the importance of educational research.

She has extensive experience as an educational researcher who is passionate about using research to support student success.

and come away excited about the promise of brain research for learning, or what educational researchers can learn from the Boston Red Sox.»

You might come for new ideas about the superintendent's role, or ways to reach out to families and community institutions — and come away excited about the promise of brain research for learning, or what educational researchers can learn from the Boston Red Sox.»

One hopes that educators and educational researchers who are serious about students» overall well - being and long term needs will have a chance to consider the ideas in this book.

Although there is general consensus among educational researchers that family engagement contributes to the success of students and schools, there is less agreement about what types of family engagement matter.

Promisingly, researchers have found that it is possible to orient students toward positive learning mindsets through low - cost interventions, including online programs that teach students about growth mindsets and purpose.29 According to Carol Dweck and her colleagues, ``... educational interventions and initiatives that target these psychological factors can have transformative effects on students» experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.»

We hope that researchers will use these to generate evidence about what policies and contexts are most effective at increasing educational opportunity, and that such evidence will inform educational policy and practices.

View Lyn speaking in Ontario about leadership development and system and school improvement for ALL students at www.learnteachlead.com Beate Planche is an educational practitioner, consultant and researcher.

Carol Campbell, the principal researcher for the study, added, «While Canada is internationally recognized as valuing education and committing to both excellence and equity, there is a gap in shared knowledge about the professional learning practices that contribute to improved educational outcomes within and across Canada and in the unique and diverse contexts of each province and territory.»

Recently, a team of researchers from the University of Virginia combed through data about the educational trends in teaching kindergarten and first grade.

As a Hartford Board of Education member since 2010 and an educational researcher, I write to raise concerns about claims made about the Hartford Public Schools between 2006 and 2011.

The Programme is designed to develop artists, practitioners, educators, and researchers who wish to know more about educational theories, curriculum design and content delivery, as well as assessment strategies.

Grand Rapids, Michigan About Blog The mission of this blog is to serve as a voice of a constant researcher in the field of educational and assistive technologies so that the best products, strategies and services may be located easily, in hopes that they will then be delivered, taught and used to better the lives of people with disabilities.

Researchers and practitioners came together to provide insight about how research can influence application and how it is necessary to have a good conversation between both groups so that educational practices can continually be reformed.