Sentences with phrase «at the math instruction»

He was shocked at the math instruction she was receiving in the 3rd grade.

In the report, «Equations and Inequalities: Making Mathematics Accessible to All,» published on June 20, 2016, researchers looked at math instruction in 64 countries and regions around the world, and found that the difference between the math scores of 15 - year - old students who were the most exposed to pure math tasks and those who were least exposed was the equivalent of almost two years of education.

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«If instead of doing 30 math problems, you just do 15, what that does is it creates stress for the parent that other kids are getting more instruction,» says Harris Cooper, a psychologist at Duke University and leading researcher in the area of homework.

Results from the study underscore that many children improve at math when their bodies are engaged during instruction, and that math instruction should be individualized.

Children improve at math when instruction engages their own bodies.

As a K — 12 district math coach, I travel to 67 classrooms and participate in math instruction at different grade levels.

Markus discusses the «Rocketship Hybrid School Model» at Rocketship Education and the results and implications of an independent study that showed improvements in math scores for students who had access to online math instruction.

Mueller, a teacher at Quest to Learn, uses the online math game site Mangahigh to illustrate three tips for differentiated instruction: pre-assessment, formative assessment, and the Goldilocks Principle of «just right.»

The authors justify their omission of half of the available evidence by claiming that math performance is a better measure of school performance than reading, since students likely get nearly all of their math instruction in school but much of their reading instruction at home.

We are combating this phenomenon by integrating STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) into all the classes at Boston Arts Academy (BAA), and by including culturally responsive instruction in our STEAM lab.

Relative to the median, a teacher at the 84th percentile increases math and English scores by 12 and 8 percent of a standard deviation, respectively — equivalent to approximately 3 months of additional instruction.

«Double - dose» algebra — providing two consecutive periods of math instruction for under - achieving 9th grade students — is considered a potentially promising alternative to the «algebra for all» policy, which encourages more students to take algebra and at earlier ages, but may put struggling students at higher risk of failure.

Tyre looks at how and why the instruction in these extracurricular programs differs from the instruction offered in a typical school math class.

The link below will take you to instructions for using this game to reinforce many different math skills at a wide variety of grade levels.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

Consider a hypothetical scenario in which schools instituted truly effective reform in math and science instruction at the time of the Risk report.

For K — 12 education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in middle school» for «teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»

The math lessons were scored using the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI), developed by Heather Hill at Harvard.

Our math experience at DreamBox provides ongoing formative assessment that is seamlessly integrated into instruction in real time giving teacher and learner the feedback they need for consistent and constant improvement.

The pack includes: Powerpoint - A Powerpoint about the festival of Hanukkah - when it is, what is eaten, how it is celebrated - the pages could also be printed off to enable you to create a class book for the children to read Photographs - Colour photos of a Menorah, a Dreidel, Hanukkah Gelt and people lighting the Menorah candles - great to add to your displays or for discussion Word cards Fact cards - Fact cards about the festival of Hanukkah Display banners - 2 different large titles for displays «Happy Hanukkah» and «Hanukkah» each with Hanukkah themed pictures Display border - A colourful display border with Hanukkah themed pictures - this can be printed as many times as you need to use on a display border of any size Writing pages - A collection of decorated A4 border pages - great for the children's work or to add to your writing area at Hanukkah Colour page border - A collection of colour A4 border pages - a great way to quickly display the children's work Colour posters - A set of A4 information posters with pictures of Gelt money, Menorah, Dreidel and Potato Latkes Display lettering - Large letters spelling «Hanukkah» which are decorated with pictures linked to Hanukkah - Great for a larger display Hanukkah story - The Hanukkah story for you to read aloud to the children Colouring posters - A collection of posters for the children to colour - these could also be printed smaller for the children to use on their Hanukkah cards Bookmarks - A collection of Hanukkah themed bookmarks for the children to cut out and colour Number line - A number line to 50 on colourful Dreidels Alphabet line - An alphabet line on candles - this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display Colour posters - A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah Songs and rhymes - A collection of decorated song sheets with songs and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes Recipe - A photo recipe to make Latke cakes - a popular Hanukkah dish - the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game - A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel - A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem Maths worksheet - Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanukkah

John O'Connor takes a close look at some of the debates that are taking place over how math is taught in states that are implementing the Common Core standards and at the long history of debates over math instruction.

Guest blogger Kristof Mueller, a teacher at Quest to Learn, uses the online math game site Mangahigh to illustrate three tips for differentiated instruction: pre-assessment, formative assessment, and the Goldilocks Principle of «just right.»

Sports may give at - risk students a reason to stay in school so that they can actually receive math and other subject instruction.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

[3] But it's at least plausible that students in private schools may have scored lower because they received less instruction in reading and math.

Education researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Ohio State University, the University of Florida, and Better Education, Inc. are conducting a national study to evaluate how a particular classroom communication system, called TI Navigator, has changed math instruction.

Silvestre Arcos, an award - winning math instructional leader, has found that resourceful use of technology can help teachers personalize instruction so that «students at every level can make tremendous gains.»

Marlene Kliman, senior scientist at TERC, recommends providing a variety of fun and engaging ways for parents to learn about math content and pedagogy — especially when the teaching of mathematics looks different from the instruction that most adults experienced when they were in school.

A meta - analysis (including 74 rigorous studies and over 56,000 K - 12 students) found that mathematics computer applications produce a small but positive effect on mathematics achievement, and, specifically, programs that supplement traditional math instruction with additional instruction at students» individualized assessed levels of need showed greater effects on math achievement.

Old Dominion experts in school reform, math instruction, and instructional technology will collaborate with colleagues at Johns Hopkins University to develop technologies that reduce the level of dedicated local coaching support necessary to implement PowerTeaching i3.

Dance has taken steps aimed at improving math instruction, including altering the course sequence.

That said, due to test prep and other kinds of manipulation, «achievement increases may not correspond to actual learning gains» and «reading and math gains came at the expense of instruction in other subjects.»

Here's some of the findings presented at a session on U.S. math instruction at the AERA annual meeting on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

We broadened our initial search to look at teacher leadership beyond mathematics and science for two reasons: 1) to identify «what we know» with a more expansive definition of leadership (i.e., not limited to math or science) that maintains a connection to instruction (and therefore to the prior search) and 2) to include studies of less formalized teacher leadership work.

But parents at other schools say elementary math instruction has changed so much they've formed a group called Hoosiers Against the Common Core that's leading a statehouse push to withdraw Indiana from the new standards.

Jack summarizes a literature review on professional - development models for math teaching that Mary Kennedy compiled at the University of Michigan, including her focus on «clear student outcomes» and the emergence of cognitively guided instruction (CGI).

He continues to provide consultation and coaching at the state, district, and campus levels that results in systematic change around the execution of professional learning communities and math instruction.

The program helps districts improve reading, writing, and math instruction and use data systems to identify students who are at - risk of dropping out of school, enabling students to improve their performance, stay in school, and put themselves on a path to high school graduation and beyond.

Classnotes Podcast (September 8, 2010) Effective math instruction at the secondary level engages students to be active participants in their learning.

Jeannie Herres, elementary science teacher; Jeanne Carlson, elementary English language arts teacher; Jeff Manikowski, elementary math teacher; and Jesse Maine, director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment, will represent the district as part of the panel discussion at the Nittany Lion Inn in State College.

The Comprehensive Mathematics and Science Plan (CMSP) is a blueprint designed to guide the development of consistent quality math and science instruction, assessment, and professional development across the district at all grade levels, pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Attend this web seminar to learn from educators at St. Martini Lutheran School, an innovative school with an 85 percent Latino population in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about the success they've had combining face - to - face instruction with online learning to drive math achievement for their ELL students.

He feels the math instruction at Abigail's public elementary school in Manhattan is subpar — even after the school switched to the Common Core State Standards.

In order to know if core math instruction is meeting the goal of having at least 80 % of students reach the grade level learning goals, universal screening should be conducted up to three times a year.

For students who would welcome more challenges in their math learning at home or school, DreamBox Learning © Math provides «just right» differentiated instruction that motivates them to persist, progress, and achieve.

Walters categorically says, «No,» and he cautions against deriving big conclusions from this study, which may be the first attempt to look at whether student - centered instruction works for high school math.

As a result, students, parents and educators are taking action together to improve the math instruction at their school, which has not been meeting AYP.

Host Christie Goodman, APR, IDRA's communications manager, welcomes back Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., to continue a discussion they began in Episode 31 (Latino Parent Engagement in High School Math) about how students, parents, and educators are working together to improve math instruction at an urban high school in Far West Texas.

Prior to becoming an Instructional Coach, Kevin devoted nine years to providing outstanding classroom instruction as a math teacher and department chair at White Pine Middle School in Saginaw, Michigan.