Sentences with phrase «about student skills»

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University program designers can review a cross-section of portfolios to glean invaluable information about whether their programs are helping students develop core overarching skills, such as writing, ethical savvy and critical thinking.

«I think it's something Canadians are going to have to get their heads around, something that employees need to think about when it comes to the type of skills they need to acquire, and something for students to think about as well,» he says.

Here are her words about the top five skills she believes every student should master before graduation.

About a third of employers say they are getting the workers they need, in part because they are engaged in the training process, communicating directly with schools and students to develop course work or to the let institutions know what skills new hires need.

MarketWatch's Nicole Lyn Pesce joins Catey Hill and Quentin Fottrell to talk about the budding concept of «adulting schools,» which teaches millennial students key life skills.

My proto - blogging interests lie in writing about science (with a bent toward things that I find new / futuristic) and life skills as they apply to a STEM - field doctoral student, to include topics in personal finance, productivity, etc..

Introducing curriculum like Visa's Practical Money Skills would help students from junior high through college become savvy about financial products and avoid costly mistakes.

Our students benefit from opportunities to flex their skills and knowledge well before they graduate and to find out firsthand about the business world beyond the classroom.

We use social, professional, and social professional skills every day.I guess that would be my message to the students next year and also to students thinking about taking the course.

As someone writing about K — 12 education and Common Core, I have observed that students rarely have a moment to themselves to read and think, but are asked to «collaborate» in groups with their peers on «projects» and develop «speaking and listening skills» as they do.

I recall listening to the father of Reema Samaha being interviewed about his beautiful daughter, a bright student at Virginia Tech and a skilled creative dancer.

Boys Basketball Beginner (incoming 6th - 9th): This class is for student - athletes who are either interested in learning more about the game of basketball or have recently been introduced to basketball and are looking to improve on their basic skill - set.

What Jackson's study suggests is that what is going on in those classrooms may not really be about students acquiring skills, at least not in the traditional sense.

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.

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 situation.

While in residence, students learn in a structured environment about handling personal conflicts, academics, basic life skills, anxiety and other skills or issues.

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.

Students in grades 4 - 6 & 8 - 12 must be taught about stress and stress management skills.

«Overloaded and Underprepared» joins an increasing number of voices expressing concern about the future of the stereotypical high school student of today — the one with the non-stop schedule who is overstressed, anxious, not getting enough sleep and locked into rigid definitions of success that don't leave room for genuine engagement, critical thinking skills and creativity.

Jessica currently works in many different school districts teaching the kitchen staff to improve their culinary skills and talking to the students about cooked - from - scratch foods.

Also, several players from Canada speak French and have made appearances at local high school French classes to help students develop their language skills and share information about their culture.

Students participated in 25 farm to school standards based lessons, including using math skills to measure garden spaces and mark off rows, learning about how weather affects plants, and exploring different types of soil.

Events included Chef Tony Pisconeri visiting classrooms to demonstrate proper knife skills and plating techniques and agriculture students learning about honey with Jeannie Ross of Ross Berry Farm and Apiaries.

With this review of the learning disability, learn basic information about dyslexia and how it affects a student's reading, writing and language skills.

Improve students» social - emotional skills, attitudes about self and others, connection to school, and positive social behavior; and reduce conduct problems and emotional distress.

These ten main knowledge and expertise skill sets I wish I had when I embarked on the journey of starting and growing my own private midwifery practice are among the sort of guidanceI am passionate about providing to prospective, student, and new midwives, as well as any midwife who wants to start a practice or improve an existing one.

Throughout the school year and during the summer, students practice science skills through the study of local habitats, learn about Massachusetts» native wildlife, work as a team to plan and execute stewardship projects that benefit their school and the larger Lowell community, and participate in community - based events.

Events included Chef Tony Pisconeri visiting classrooms to demonstrate proper knife skills and plating techniques and high school agriculture students learning about honey with Jeannie Ross of Ross Berry Farm and Apiaries;

South Dakota uses the Connections curriculum, which focuses on marriage and relationship communications skills; a 2004 study of the program found marginal success — some students felt somewhat more negatively about divorce and somewhat more positively toward premarital counseling.

Just yesterday, during an event focused on entrepreneurship in the country, the President talked about the role American companies will play in helping get Cubans online, explaining that Cisco plans to train Cuban students in IT skills and that Stripe is working with Cuban startups to help them do business online.

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tAbout one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tabout 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.

Studies indicate most students will lose about two months of a grade level in math skills and low - income students lose more than two months in reading.

This perceived benefits are usually about establishing global connections and improving local student's perspective of the wider world, or it could be to keep high skilled expats / investors to bring their family to the country, or many others.

About StudentsFirstNY Formed in April 2012, StudentsFirstNY with more than 150,000 members, is New York State's leading voice for students who depend on public education for the skills they need to succeed, but who are too often failed by a system that puts special interests, rather than the interests of children, first.

Let us go to every part of the country and spread the story of our good news; tell the young people and the students about the skills training programmes, tell them there will be opportunities for all.

The number of students getting a good pass in their maths and English GCSEs has increased slightly this year, despite business concerns about a decline in basic skills.

Through the Bronx Youth Corps, the students will learn to work as a group, learn about the importance of taking responsibility for their community, and gain the skills to make positive changes in The Bronx and become future leaders.

Through the Bronx Youth Corps, the students will learn to work as a group, learn about the importance of responsibility for the community, and gain the skills to make positive changes in The Bronx and become future leaders.

Professional societies such as the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) and AAS are concerned about the situation and have been engaged in continuing discussions in recent years about how to improve current postgraduate training programs in order to prepare students not only for research careers, but to give them a broad skill set that would enable them to pursue more diverse career paths.

16,200 The number of students researchers surveyed, over the course of 10 years, about their math skills.

Through courses, workshops, and several other activities on - and off - campus, IE students learn about teambuilding, collaboration, communication, ethics, writing, entrepreneurship, and a wide array of other professional skills.

Fortunately, an increasing number of opportunities exist for students to learn about and hone the skill sets needed to be competitive for a nontraditional career.

... Our analysis thus documents a key benefit of high - skilled immigration in the US, which relies on innovation for growth and helps to explain the vociferous complaints by US academic departments about visa restrictions on foreign graduate students.

Rather than say you don't have management experience, talk about your leadership in the lab or in graduate student or postdoc associations, and draw the connections that will show that you have the skills necessary to manage people.

Besides learning research techniques and problem - solving skills, students can use the time to chat with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty about science and scientific careers.

CIFST strongly supports students in food related disciplines and offers programs about skilled, technical and scientific opportunities in the food sciences industry, as well as scholarships and networking opportunities.

Check out articles by Next Wave's UK columnist, Phil Dee, who writes about the transferable skills graduate students can pick up along the way to a Ph.D..

In the state's community colleges, there are now about 4,000 students receiving training in skills needed to work in the industry, says Tolson.

In January 2012, I wrote a column that made a little joke about humanities Ph.D. students learning important skills such as how to put sheets on their mothers» basement couches.

Imperial is planning to recruit about ten faculty, six postdoctoral researchers, and seven Ph.D. students to work on the project, with skills in process engineering, civil engineering systems, electricity distribution modelling, and resource flow analysis.And it is likely that similar research may be funded.