Sentences with phrase «academic content mastery»

By combining academic content mastery with creative problem solving, students develop the tools necessary for success in college and beyond.

«The emphasis for so long has been placed on academic performance and academic content mastery,» said panelist Rebecca Snyder, a co-author of the NNSTOY report and member of Greater Latrobe Education Association in Pennsylvania where she was teacher of the year in 2009.

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It was the misguided advocates of a science of pedagogy, he said, who had insisted on separating methods of teaching from mastery of subject matter; it was they who taught courses in education theory detached from the learning of academic content.

At its best, the book illustrates what should be self - evident: strong teaching requires mastery of academic content and an extensive repertoire of complex pedagogical skills.

By design, we move students forward grade by grade based largely on the amount of instructional hours they have spent in class — dubbed «seat time» — rather than their mastery of academic skills and content.

Most educators and parents agree that the main goals in educating students with a native language other than English are mastery of English and of content in academic areas.

Students learn «independent of time and place» through online courses, and content mastery is then assessed to provide «degrees and other credentials that are credible to both academic institutions and employers.»

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Education Program initiated a new strategic initiative in 2010 that focuses on students» mastery of core academic content and their development of deeper learning skills (i.e., critical - thinking, problem - solving, collaboration, communication, and learn - how - to - learn skills).

HHS is pursuing a blended and competency - based model — that is, the school is leveraging technology to deliver some academic content online and building opportunities for students to advance upon mastery, rather than according to hours of instruction.

Skeptics of eliminating failing grades must acknowledge that, in our current system, we move students forward grade by grade based largely on «seat time» rather than mastery of academic skills and content.

As a vast body of research now makes clear, young people's success in school, college, the workplace, and the rest of life depends not just on their mastery of core academic content and skills but also — and often to a greater degree — on their beliefs and attitudes, personal dispositions, relationships, emotional intelligence, creativity, nutrition, mental health, knowledge about college and work opportunities, financial resources, willingness to engage with new people and cultures, openness to new experiences, and more.

BART Charter Public School (BART) prepares students for college by promoting mastery of academic skills and content with a strong foundation in arts and technology.

But educators know what students need to be successful: Schools can and must support the whole student, and teaching skills like personal responsibility, teamwork and learning from one's mistakes enhances students» mastery of academic content.

The Whole Child, Whole Person Summit will raise awareness for the need for education systems and schools to use a different methodology that expands the definition of academic achievement beyond content mastery and test scores.

In Mississippi there is an interest among superintendents, principals, and research and education faculty to gain a clearer understanding of Deeper Learning — the mastery of rigorous core academic content; critical thinking and problem solving; teamwork and collaboration; effective communication; learning how to learn; and cultivation of an academic mindset.

The study's findings suggest advanced course enrollment rates for English learner students can improve in Washington, especially if efforts to accelerate Spanish - speaking students» mastery of academic content in early and middle grades are successful.

Overview The goal of this study tour is to learn how schools are promoting equity, diversity, and personalized learning to ensure all students have access to «deeper learning» — the mastery of rigorous core academic content; critical thinking and problem

We believe that the best way to prepare our students for college and careers is to ensure that they have mastery of content knowledge combined with strong academic habits and character traits that transfer across all subject areas and experiences.

The struggle to communicate can stymie both content mastery and academic language acquisition in ELLs, widening the achievement gap between them and their native English - speaking peers.

Competency - based education is a strategy that awards academic credit to learners who demonstrate content mastery in a specific subject.

The goal of this study tour was to learn how schools are promoting equity, diversity, and personalized learning to ensure all students have access to «deeper learning» — the mastery of rigorous core academic content; critical thinking and problem solving; teamwork and collaboration; effective communication; learning how to learn; and cultivation of an academic mindset.

Competency - based learning: Seat time requirements are waived in full or in part; students progress through school as they demonstrate mastery of academic content areas.

On - track indicators of college and career readiness must measure not only academic and engagement factors that ensure learners are making progress toward content mastery or proficiency, but also behavioral factors that relate to the mastery of the lifelong learning skills needed to succeed in postsecondary pathways.

Students will not participate in the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) and Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) for these content areas.

Mastery of core academic content knowledge, including math, reading, writing, science, social studies, and history

How many students receive grades lower than their academic performance deserves because of the devastating effect of a zero for a missing assignment, an assignment the student did not need to do to demonstrate mastery of the targeted content or skill.

Bloom believed that nearly all students, when provided with the more favorable learning conditions of mastery learning, could truly master academic content (Bloom, 1976; Guskey, 1997a).

EL Education, previously known as Expeditionary Learning, is an initiative started by The Harvard Graduate School of Education and Outward Bound USA that seeks to redefine student achievement by viewing it in three dimensions: Mastery of Academic Skills and Content, High - Quality Work, and Character.

Mastery of Academic Skills and Content: This year, students in all grades are tracking their own achievement using data binders that keep record of performance on academic standards and character expectations (otherwise known as Habits of LeadAcademic Skills and Content: This year, students in all grades are tracking their own achievement using data binders that keep record of performance on academic standards and character expectations (otherwise known as Habits of Leadacademic standards and character expectations (otherwise known as Habits of Leadership).