Sentences with phrase «better classroom talk»

Two EEF - funded projects that encourage higher order thinking and develop better classroom talk have shown positive results on science outcomes and are listed as EEF Promising Projects:

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«Attending school open houses, observing classrooms, and talking with other local parents are all good ways to learn about local schools,» Reardon added, stressing that numbers alone are never enough to judge a school.
Teammates talked about wrestling in districts in their coach's honor and the way they all want to make him proud by trying their best on the mat — and in the classroom.
So, let's talk about materials though; I mean we don't have the set up, a classroom but what are some good things for families to have on hand or around the house when they're homeschooling.
«Research becomes very important when we talk about what best practices are; it's one thing to say «this works» but it's another to have data that is research - driven,» she explained, pointing to breakfast - in - the - classroom as one example.
But on visiting each of the three classrooms, I brightened — seeing the joy and hope on the girls» faces as they talked about what they loved studying (e.g., Amharic, English, science, math), what they hoped to be (e.g., pilot, doctor, engineer, driver, teacher, community mentor for BiruhTesfa), and what the best / worst parts of their days are (unanimously, best = being at school, worst = work hours).
It never occurred to me that if I was wandering around the classroom, talking as I walked, that the students behind me could probably not hear me well.
There are so many brilliant teachers out there with so many good ideas for making things better in our classrooms, and if we stay connected and keep suggesting new books, talking about books, and trying different techniques — both new and old — our students will respond.
Online Projects Are for Everyone: Jennifer Wagner, online project guru, talks about how she first got interested in online projects, and shares tips for selecting the best online project for your classroom.
Max joins us in The Global Search for Education to talk about how and why BPI graduates are succeeding in the classroom and the real world, as well as his organization's vision for this groundbreaking program looking forward.
I just want you to know how happy I am to have David in my classroom this year, and to let you know that if any problems should occur, I'd be happy to talk with you so we can work together to make things better
Jennifer Wagner, online project guru, talks about how she first got interested in online projects, and shares tips for selecting the best online project for your classroom.
are helping to turn my pupils into pioneers; The students are learning so much through these exercises; These resources have made a huge difference to what we do in the classroom; Within minutes these «Get Students Talking» resources have become a class favorite; Terrific ideas; «Get Student Talking» are resources embedded into every lesson now... they are so good; Remarkable; The students» life skills are so much more advanced; I have top - set students and they really enjoy these activities; Wholeheartedly the best resources I am using with every class; The classroom is buzzing with self - confidence, inquisitiveness and cooperation... amazing; I wish I had these years ago.
«In the journal paper, I talk about those in terms of the way the time is used, the classroom space and resources within the space are used, and the social control in terms of the interactions between the educator and the child, [and] from child to child as well
Whenever this comes up, I also think back to my classroom and wonder, «Well, how does that help you if I'm doing all the talking
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In this webinar we will hear from Teaching Channel about ways to ensure hands - on, DIY learning can be curriculum - linked and classroom - ready, as well as an engineering practitioner who will talk to the credibility of approaches such as Iridescent / Curiosity Machine's Design Challenges for application of real world skills for the workplace.
Shyness expert Lynne Kelly recently talked to Education World about how classroom teachers can better understand and help shy students.
ESL Teacher Talk Best for: ESL teachers — packed with classroom activity ideas, interactive games, teaching insights, and interviews.
As @web20classroom, he regularly travels the country talking to schools and districts about the use of Social Media in the classroom and how they can better serve students through technology.
American classrooms are dull and oppressively quiet; Japanese classrooms are bursting with children «talking, arguing, shrieking about the best way to solve problems.»
New — a teacher of American Literature and American Poetry in the classroom as well as online through her edX series, Poetry in America — fashioned her talk around poet Walt Whitman and the ideas of selfhood.
We extend heartfelt thanks to the superintendents, principals, district administrators, teachers, school board and community members, and state leaders in education who welcomed us into their busy work lives, providing time to talk with us, to observe in classrooms, and to complete surveys, all of which gave us the most complete national data set ever assembled to better understand issues in educational leadership.
It will provide a shared language for all staff to talk about and develop their own best practice in classrooms.
An effectively designed classroom library should support reading inside and outside of school, help students learn about how to select appropriate reading materials, provide a place for students to read independently, as well as serve as a place to talk and discuss books.
The institute helped participants better understand the range of adolescent behaviors that appear in classrooms, depersonalize and de-escalate unwanted behaviors, use effective teacher talk in place of communication roadblocks, and involve the students in solving behavior problems.
From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!)
«As schools use best practices on campus and teachers talk about conservation in the classroom — these are things that are going to come back to the parents and the community to help spread the word.»
In your district / building / classroom, what is your best estimate of the percentage of teacher versus student talk?
In the past, «I never felt that my ability to really see what was happening in the classroom and talk with my teachers about it was good enough to meet my own expectations,» she said.
After wandering the school and popping in classrooms, interviewing student council members and teachers, and talking to the school's board, inspectors produced a report citing two ways the school could better follow Sweden's detailed education laws.
Evidence like this has left some education reformers worried that they have talked too much about removing bad teachers from the classroom and not enough about respecting the good ones and keeping them there.
While «smallness» is not an end in itself, it does help create conditions for student success by fostering a shared vision, shared leadership, a professional collaborative culture, and structured time for teachers to talk about instructional practice, as well as time to visit each others» classrooms (Louis & Kruse, 1995).
And it brought teachers together to talk about the - and collaborate about the issues they were seeing in their classrooms and how to best reach our English learners to help them succeed.
Through this course, educators will gather, analyze, and share examples of student discourse from their classrooms in order to better understand existing talk.
A good friend of mine was talking about classroom observations.
This week, I want to go inside the classroom and talk about things that teachers can do to gather information about student learning and to better understand and support this learning.
Hands - on activities in the classroom, as well as in the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium, will help students appreciate the connections between math concepts and the world around them, and provide an opportunity to practice «math talk» in authentic settings.
Along those lines, it's always a good idea to avoid just standing in front of your students and talking at them, which is what we often call the lecture style classroom.
The external evaluator observes classrooms, talks with school leaders, and uses a ten - page rubric to evaluate how well the school is organized to support student achievement.
From routine to celebrations, we talk about how to start the day well in special education classrooms.
She talks about the value of making visible the invisible decisions made in classrooms and narrowing the focus of demonstration lessons so that teachers can be students of good teaching.
After scouring the internet, talking to fellow educators and gathering some ideas of my own, board the following is a list of the best miscellaneous board itles for elementary classrooms.
Although this is purely a classroom discussion, the practical tips, insights and processes coupled with stunning images that he has taken over the years make this free talk well worth it.
As well as coming to talk with us, we hope you will make use of our resources: the museum, the archive, the library, the classroom, and the graduate program, with its faculty, staff and students.
Before we continue talking about last week's «Speak About What's Unspeakable,» I thought it might be good idea to end the year on a constructive note by looking back at some of the most teachable moments - events, exhibits, chance happenings and other opportunities — that made for uncanny entry points in the classroom...
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