Sentences with phrase «academic problem scores»

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In our two previous research collaborations with the Skills for Life team, we already had shown that mental health problems are quite common, are among the strongest predictors of poor attendance, poorer grades, and lower scores on standardized tests, and that improved mental health scores are powerful predictors of improved academic outcomes.»

When it comes to math, the problem may be worse — many students experience math anxiety, low self - confidence, or overwhelming amounts of academic pressure, which can disrupt learning, leading to lower grades and test scores.

Incorporating popular, well - known game mechanics such as point scoring in real time, leaderboards, personal bests, etc., all well tested in the world of sport, the Arete platform takes the vital academic activity of problem - solving / test - taking and injects excitement into it.

Students in these schools outperform their peers when it comes to test scores and graduation rates — and also motivation, academic engagement and problem - solving ability.

Through that effort, students» reading scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAKS) rose, student attendance increased, no at - risk student dropped out, and there were many fewer disciplinary problems.

They found students of compassionate or «high facilitative» teachers made «greater gains on academic achievement measures, including both math and reading scores, and present [ed] fewer disciplinary problems (McEwan 2002, 33 - 34).»

The problem with most current systems is they measure growth by using standardized test scores in a few academic subjects, usually math and reading, which are not a very accurate or comprehensive way to check on overall student progress.

Work on the Jasper project with students has been successful in «measures of mathematical self - efficacy, academic interest in, and value for mathematical content and problem solving,» including higher standardized achievement scores (Nicaise, 1997, p. 453).

The results speak for themselves: Our students are community assets, instead of tax liabilities; academic test scores are improving; students spend more time actively learning; discipline problems have significantly reduced; and we cut students» average stay in half, while doubling the number of students who return to their home schools.

For example, a meta - analysis of school - based and afterschool SEL programs found that participation improved elementary and middle school students» test scores by an average of 11 to 17 percentile points, decreased conduct problems, and increased students» problem - solving skills.17 Similarly, a meta - analysis of school - based SEL programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade found that participation improved students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, reduced their anxiety and stress, and increased their prosocial behavior.18 These programs were successful in all geographic locations, including urban, suburban, and rural school environments.19

Effective social - emotional learning (SEL) is a transformative and evidence - based educational process that teaches children, from pre-k through 12th grade, the mental skills that will significantly reduce emotional stresses that lead to violence and addiction, improve problem - solving skills, enhance empathy, raise academic test scores and increase resiliency.

But perhaps this problem has never been stated as starkly as in a recent paper examining the distribution of teacher quality in Washington state: «We demonstrate that in elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms (both math and reading), every measure of teacher quality — experience, licensure exam score, and value - added estimates of effectiveness — is inequitably distributed across every indicator of student disadvantage — free / reduced lunch status, underrepresented minority, and low prior academic performance.»

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What followed would provide academics with a case study of how science is done: researchers around the world looked at the problem in a score of ways, and delivered what may be a dozen tentative answers.

Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, family housing tenure other than consistent home ownership, family disruption, lack of parental interest, behaviour problems, low academic test scores and health difficulties were each clearly associated with poor mental well - being in adulthood when estimated by analysing each childhood measure individually, adjusting for cohort and gender, and in the full model considering all childhood measures, although they were to some extent attenuated.

The US National Toxicology Program reported that there was sufficient evidence to conclude that blood lead concentrations less than five micrograms per decilitre are associated with intellectual deficits (lower IQ score), academic disabilities, attention - related behaviours and problem behaviours:

Those NICHD SECCYD children whose families were always poor scored lower on measures of academic, language, and cognitive performance, and were rated by their teachers as having more adjustment problems than other children throughout the early elementary grades.

December 17, 2011 Kewanee, Illinois students and staff speak at a Raising Student Achievement Conference about how SEL has improved academic test scores and lessesened discipline problems in the school.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), which works on SEL at a national level, conducted a meta - analysis in 2011 and found that systematic SEL implementation with fidelity led to a 9 - percentage - point drop in problem behaviors, a 9 - percentage - point increase in prosocial skills (meaning managing emotions and conflict appropriately), and an 11 - percentage - point increase in reading and math standardized test scores.