Sentences with phrase «cent of students think»

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Last year, the Primary Industries Education Foundation (PIEF) asked primary school students where they thought a variety of farm products came from; 75 per cent of the surveyed Year Six students thought cotton socks came from animals, and 27 per cent thought yoghurt was a plant product.

Over two thirds (68 per cent) think the use of VR technology to overcome financial or physical barriers that some students face is desirable and as well as these uses, three in four teachers (74 per cent) stated that there will be a positive effect on the design and creativity skills of students.

Data from the Scaffolding Numeracy in the Middle Years (SNMY) project, the second of the two studies mentioned above, found that approximately 70 per cent of Year 5 and 35 per cent of Year 8 students did not have access to multiplicative thinking.

The views of secondary students continued to be positive in post residential, with two thirds or more of respondents thinking that as a result of the residential they would make better progress in their subject (71 per cent), had a better understanding of the subject (70 per cent), they were better at problem solving (67 per cent) and would do better in their exams / tests (66 per cent).

In fact, this research, which tested middle school, high school and college level students, found that 80 per cent of participants thought that sponsored articles were actual articles, and had a hard time distinguishing where this information actually came from.

Post residential 58 per cent of Key Stage 2 students thought they would do better in their schoolwork as a result of the residential and 48 per cent felt they would do better in their tests or SATs.

The research also showed that 81 per cent of participants behaviour in school improved and how 87 per cent of teachers thought there had been a positive impact on student attitudes towards their future.

The survey of 2,750 pupils aged 11 - 18 found that 45 per cent of students admit to checking their mobile device after going to bed, of which 68 per cent said they think it is affecting their school work and 25 per cent said they felt tired during the day because of how often they checked their mobile device at night.

We asked respondents to report if they thought that more than 40 per cent of their students had experienced certain issues or feelings.

A separate survey of 1,003 parents across Britain also showed that 92 per cent of respondents think schools have a duty to support the wellbeing and mental health of students, while more than half said they want more information about what their child's school is doing to promote this.

The UCU's report analysed the results of 1.3 million young people over a three year period and found that 75 per cent of predicted grades were «over-predicted», with students failing to reach the grades their teachers thought they would, while nine per cent of grades were «under - predicted».

Students comment on the unique, useful and enjoyable nature of the wellbeing lessons, with 88 per cent indicating that they highly enjoy their wellbeing lessons and look forward to them; 85 per cent strongly agreeing that the lessons have meaningful content and are very worthwhile; 68 per cent stating that the lessons help them to become resilient and challenge negative thoughts; 72 per cent reporting that the lessons encourage them to become calmer in their thinking and more thoughtful and understanding; and 66 per cent reporting that the lessons help them change their behaviour for the better and to recognise their individual strengths.

A fifth (19 per cent) of those who wouldn't encourage their students to apply to Oxford or Cambridge said it was because they thought they were unlikely to be successful in their application, while 13 per cent said that they didn't think they would be happy there.

When it comes to civics and citizenship education, they found the three aims principals considered to be most important were: promoting students» critical and independent thinking (64 per cent); promoting students» knowledge of citizens» rights and responsibilities (61 per cent); and, developing students» skills and competencies in conflict resolution (44 per cent).

For teachers, the top three were: promoting students» independent and critical thinking (61 per cent); promoting knowledge of citizens» rights and responsibilities (57 per cent); and promoting respect for and safeguard of the environment (51 per cent).

When asked to justify their job choice, 32.4 per cent of students said it was related to something they like or love, 16.4 per cent thought they would be good at it or were interested in that kind of work, 14.2 per cent said it involved helping others, 13.1 per cent thought it would be fun, enjoyable or exciting, and 7.7 per cent said it would earn them lots of money.

It was 73 per cent, I think, of the non-Indigenous students in the highest quartile planned to go to university, but only 42 per cent of highest achieving Indigenous students.

23 per cent of employers said they thought 1 is the best GCSE grade that students can get now, while a further 13 per cent said they didn't know at all.

But in a twist — 41 per cent of students surveyed still thought their parents were paying too much.