Sentences with phrase «based social studies content»

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We know from various studies done in the social sciences in the past forty years, as well as from fifteen plus years of my being involved with personas, the trio of users / buyers / customers makes decisions based on much more than just content or information.

In a series of studies, participants were asked to categorize the authors of tweets based solely on the content of their social media posts.

A new research study in the International Journal of Business Environment suggests that content providers must take a pragmatic view based on social consensus to persuade illicit downloaders that their behaviour is economically and ethically unacceptable behaviour among their peer group or other social group to which they belong.

The outcomes on standards - based social studies and content literacy assessments indicated that the project - based learning curriculum virtually erased the achievement gap between second graders of high and low - socioeconomic backgrounds (Halvorsen, Duke, Burgar, Block, Strachan, Berka, & Brown, 2012).

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

The outcomes on standards - based social studies and content literacy assessments rendered statistically insignificant the achievement gap between second graders in very low - SES and very high - SES school districts.

Content: For classes in English, social studies, health, science and the arts, this site provides lesson plans and learning guides based on feature films and movies (both full length and clips).

The report, issued this month by the Washington - based Council of Chief State School Officers, reports that systemic - improvement plans in 47 states include the development of content standards in such subjects as mathematics, English, and social studies.

The state has tests based on its content standards for English and math in high schools, but it has dropped all tests for science and social studies.

In fact, in a study of a project - based approach to teaching social studies and content literacy to 2nd graders, my colleagues and I were able to close the gap, statistically speaking, between students in high - poverty school districts — who experienced project - based units — and students in wealthy school districts — who did not.

As part of an Institute of Education Sciences (IES)- funded research project, our team (in collaboration with current middle school educators) is developing a professional development (PD) model specifically for middle schools to help them implement research - based reading practices in content areas, including English / language arts, science, and social studies.

The K - 12 word lists include popular literacy and reading programs, like Journeys; spelling based on Fountas and Pinnell's latest research, Dolch and Fry sight words along with Fountas and Pinnell recommended high frequency words; vocabulary, like homonyms and homophones; and content specific vocabulary, like literature, math, science, and social studies.

With more content - based areas, such as literature, social studies, and some sciences, students could have the option to study the material in the book, take the test, and move on to replacement or extension material.

Mentored field experiences begin with a one - day - a-week school placement in freshman year, include pre-practicum experiences in schools, and culminate with full - time student teaching in a social studies classroom during senior year, affording preservice teachers the opportunity to design and implement inquiry - based, content - rich units of study, and to assess students» learning.

As the consumption - based model of technology integration transitions to a participatory approach and technology transitions from a tool for accessing information to a tool to (a) support student authoring and creativity, (b) facilitate collaboration, communication, and social learning, (c) allow for more efficient organization and accumulation of resources, (d) provide venues for student voices through publication and sharing, and (e) support student immersion in learning environments, educators also transition from «extending learning beyond what could be done without technology» (Mason et al., 2000) to «use technologies to promote effective student learning» (Hicks et al., 2014) In the revisioning of the first principle, the authors did a commendable job of affording increased value to range of tools, methods, content, abilities, and varied contexts of social studies classrooms.

Her latest book, Integrating the Arts across Content Areas which she co-authored with Lisa Donovan, provides arts - based activities and strategies to use in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies instruction

It provides suggestions on how to combine reading and writing in the content areas of social studies and science based on the Common Core State Standards.»

Anchored to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), the STRIVE lessons incorporate evidence - based reading practices targeting reading comprehension, vocabulary, and social studies content knowledge.

Community Roots students receive direct instruction in all content areas and participate in literacy experiences (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) while being engaged in the study of their world through three in - depth social studies - based units each year.

Although the video database was designed to help teachers master the challenges of inquiry - based social studies teaching of any sort, we have also used specific cases within the database explicitly to provide models of teachers effectively using technology to support specific pedagogical and content goals.

At grades 7 and 8, CSI Literacy presents content in five introductory lessons and 40 text - based lessons organized in terms of English language arts (24 lessons), social studies (8 lessons), and science (8 lessons).

✴ Well designed digital content based social studies courses allow students to engage actively with the big ideas of history, geography, culture, and civics through the use of interactive visual media that incorporate primary and secondary source documents and media that «bring the powerful ideas of social studies to life.»

Drawing on the skills and content from English language arts and mathematics, and combining with the Missouri Learning Standards in science and social studies, integrated projects enable meaningful learning through life - based, active projects that allow children to experience learning within a real world context.

Conspiracy Code ™: American History was created as an appealing, interactive game - based program with the hopes of leveraging technology to effectively engage students and teach them social studies content knowledge and skills.

INFOhio's IMatrix is designed to help educators practice inquiry - based instruction that aligns to skills embedded within the content standards of the four core curriculum areas, English / Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

Whether in an elementary math lesson or a secondary social studies lesson, teachers must scaffold content, process, and product on the basis of student needs, setting aside time to meet with small groups of students to address gaps in learning.

After lunch and a second recess, students dive deeper into the content areas of Social Studies and Science through hands - on, standards - based projects in Spanish.

In a controversial 2014 study, Facebook used machine learning to classify social media posts based on their emotional content and found that positive and negative posts are contagious and allow emotions to essentially spread through social media.