Sentences with phrase «based curriculum ideas»

Californian Diane Flynn Keith, whose homeschooled sons are grown now, runs Click Schooling, an excellent website which specializes in web - based curriculum ideas.

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If we had our time over again, we would probably have used some of the ideas from Ambleside Online — a totally free curriculum based on Charlotte Mason's ideas, with activities that can be used or adapted alongside an extensive reading list.

Great ideas for preschool activities, standards - based curriculum, preschool assessments, and documentation.

In an experiment I ran 16 years ago using a system based on these core ideas, there was some success because the systemic drivers, in particular the reporting system and syllabus structure, was consistent with the desired approaches to curriculum, assessment and pedagogy.

In rural New Hampshire, fifth - grade teacher Amy Lyon has created a curriculum based on researcher Angela Duckworth's ideas about grit.

YEAR 3,4,5,6 MASTERY MATHS COVERS EVERY NUMBER BASED OBJECTIVE IN THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM WITH: CONCRETE, PICTORIAL, ABSTRACT, FLUENCY, REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING OVER 200 IDEAS, ACTIVITIES AND TASKS.

In the broadest sense, food - related curricula are based on the idea that we should teach children to make connections between people, land, food, and their community.

Authored by science educator Wynne Harlen, Working with Big Ideas of Science Education provides a response to the concerns that the science curriculum in many countries is overloaded, over-detailed, over assessed and too distant from the inquiry - based approach that the subject requires.

The above questions are taken from or based on an idea from the Connecticut Historical Society's Amistad curriculum workbook; used with permission.

Problem - based and inquiry - based learning programs, and concept - based curriculums with a focus on the big ideas at primary and secondary level have provided increased opportunities to focus on the teaching of generic skills.

«STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach.

As part of the architecture curriculum, High Tech's architecture teacher Greg Simon introduces students to the idea of biophilic design, in which bases the design ideas are based on aspects of the natural world.

The curriculum reforms of the current government are based on the idea that academic qualifications are a prerequisite for success.

The California Department of Education's English Language Arts Framework (1987) also emphasized a literature - based curriculum that «engaged students with the vitality of ideas and values greater than those of the marketplace or video arcade» (p. 7).

Working with colleagues to review a performance - based assessment, calibrate student work, and gather ideas for revision is essential to the development of strong curriculum and assessments.

UbD is based on a backward design approach and is used by thousands of educators to create curriculum units and assessments that focus on developing students» understanding of essential ideas and helping students attain important skills.

The first author maintained a researcher's journal, which included ruminations of her «experiences, ideas, fears, mistakes, confusions, breakthroughs, and problems» (Spradley, 1980, p. 71) based on the multiple roles she played, including participant observer, curriculum developer, and field experience supervisor.

Through a project called Algebra by Design, funded by Lucent Technologies, we are working with teachers in grades 5 - 12 in the Syracuse City School District to (a) increase significantly the number of students who are successful in learning the core ideas of algebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long internships.

«Specialist units that help schools to strongly challenge bullying around LGBT issues and support teachers with supporting students are a great idea... perhaps even a few centres where some vulnerable students can spend some of their curriculum time, on a temporary basis, to support them back in to mainstream school.

Being able to make connections across complex ideas — Discussions have emerged for schools to provide more opportunities for students to be learning outside the silos of individual subject based courses and curriculum.

Preservice and inservice teachers, college professors, school - based administrators, curriculum directors, subject - matter specialists, staff developers, and personnel involved in assessment and evaluation can benefit from these practical and proven ideas and resources.

The Bright IDEA's Concept - Based Curriculum Unit Template (Hargett, 2001) was developed to integrate a number of national researchers» work on different facets of theory and practice (i.e., Black, Bloom, Costa, Erickson, Frasier, Hargett, Kallick, Kaplan, Marzano, McTighe, Moirao, Parks, Silver, Strong and Wiggins).

The Concept - Based Curriculum Implementation Guide contains all of the resources available to implement a Bright IDEA Model.

Bright IDEA incorporates definitions and concepts on creativity and cognitive processes to help teachers design a concept - based curriculum within a multicultural context.

The research - based instructional practices recognized and used on a national level by the Association for Curriculum and Instruction are integrated into Bright IDEA 3 professional development for educators and curriculum design forCurriculum and Instruction are integrated into Bright IDEA 3 professional development for educators and curriculum design forcurriculum design for students.

However, whether you are using Filament's full game - based curriculum or simply the game itself, keeping in mind a few key ideas about pairing games and curriculum can help maximize the benefits of Filament's games in the classroom.

Bright IDEA's Concept - Based Curriculum Template (Hargett) was developed to integrate a number of national researchers» work on different facets of theory and practice (i.e., Black, Bloom, Costa, Erickson, Frasier, Kallick, Kaplan, Marzano, McTighe, Moirao, Parks, Silver, Strong and Wiggins).

Not long ago I was in a first - grade classroom at a DC charter school, Center City Brightwood, that follows a curriculum based on Hirsch's ideas in the early grades.

While the book has been dated considerably by the introduction of the new, «knowledge based» curriculum, I feel that my fellow teachers will still benefit from Christodoulou's ideas.

In some of these programs like Relay, candidates are awarded degrees based on their ability to raise their students» standardized test scores, which perpetuates the idea that test scores are the most important measure of learning, and encourages a narrowing of the curriculum to focus on tested content.

Great ideas for preschool activities, standards - based curriculum, preschool assessments, and documentation.

Great ideas for preschool activities, standards - based curriculum, preschool assessments, and documentation.

Great ideas for preschool activities, standards - based curriculum, preschool assessments, and documentation.