Sentences with phrase «challenging material earlier»

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The second challenge is cultural; the fact that many children are viewing online pornography and other damaging material at a very early age and that the nature of that pornography is so extreme it is distorting their view of sex and relationships.

The EMN accelerates innovation around the clean energy industry's most pressing materials challenges from early development stages to manufacturing.

At first she's unsure she wants to revisit the material; she doesn't feel comfortable playing the older character and she makes a compelling argument that she's still connected to the young character that she played early in her career but after discussions with the director and pressure from her agent and her assistant, she agrees to take on the role and the challenge.

They shared some funny memorable moments from filming (Jack Black share a great story about ripping a bit of improv from Joaquin Phoenix), the challenges of trying to make Don't Worry in 25 days, what it was about the material that got Gus Van Sant and the cast involved, what it was like shooting the group scenes, what Van Sant learned from early screenings, and a lot more.

For the most part, the Gates early - college initiative focuses on the motivation of students, hoping that greater autonomy and more challenging material will help keep them engaged and interested in school.

«The track record of top - performing countries, early evidence of positive effects from faithful implementation of high - quality curricula here in the United States, and the persistent evidence that our classrooms are under - challenging our students at every level compel us to put materials that we use to teach at the core of serious education reform.»

Flipped learning gives teachers in - class time to support students on challenging material, provides early warning when they don't understand, and encourages them to ask questions.

In an earlier post, I challenged the whole negative interpretation of summer slide, that tendency for students to «unlearn» an entire year's worth of material over summer break.

Early in my career as the Head, Instructional Design for my company, I had challenges in getting access to training materials for my Instructional Design team that could provide short nuggets of theory that were easy to internalize and easy to apply.

«Given that only two in 10 children have access to a high - quality early education setting in the U.S., CEEL, through interactive and case - based materials grounded in scientific insights, is designed to equip early education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiaearly education setting in the U.S., CEEL, through interactive and case - based materials grounded in scientific insights, is designed to equip early education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiaearly education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education InitiaEarly Education Initiative.

But I've been surprised by how clearly I see the results of those shifts for my own children — particularly when I compare Jayna's early elementary education to Ella's, who did not engage with the same challenging materials.

We need to place a great deal of emphasis in early grades reading classes on nonwritten, oral activities — on adults reading aloud coherent and challenging material, on discussing it, on having children elaborate on these materials.

Life After Pre-K: Looking at Kindergarten Assessment presented material for attendees to understand the components of a statewide comprehensive assessment system for all children birth to kindergarten, identify the current status of kindergarten assessments as well as commonalities / variations across states and challenges in developing kindergarten entrance assessments, identify challenges and opportunities for including children with disabilities in statewide assessments, and understand the experiences of the State of North Carolina in implementing a kindergarten assessment.Jim Squires presented with Cindy Bagwell (NC Department of Public Instruction), Mary McLean (Head Start National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning / University of Florida) and Catherine Scott - Little (UNC - Greensboro) at the 2015 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute.

I could enjoy taking on my Master's challenges early as all the raw materials I needed to make items could be bought or foraged for nearby, while the huge array of clothes available to craft kept me well occupied.

The artist Christopher D'Arcangelo — another mythic figure that Garcia Torres has addressed in earlier work — created another challenge in this regard, opting in 1978 to remove his name from the announcement and printed materials associated with an exhibition that he was asked to take part in at Artists Space in New York.

The program offers artists an important chance to expand both the scale and the scope of their practice at an early stage in their development while working with new materials and learning about the challenges and requirements of outdoor sculpture.

Early works, such as an unusually thick scallop - edged plate, are «about the accumulation of material to really challenge traditional ideas of what functional forms look like,» Cassel Oliver said.

Presents artworks by early and mid-career artists whose close examination of contemporary issues and use of materials challenge orthodoxies.

By using adobe, the earliest known building material (which requires a skillful, labor intensive process) to create a literal ground and support structure for the participating artists to exhibit their works, he challenges ideas of labor, exchange, and value — poignantly communicated in the title of the show, which translates into English as «Earth.

But Hammons» use of the evanescent has a far broader agenda than similar attempts by earlier artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Richard Tuttle who utilised materials to challenge elitist conceptions of what constitutes a work of art.

The program offers an important chance to expand both the scale and the scope of ideas that they have developed in their earlier work, to experiment with new materials, and learn about the challenges and requirements of outdoor sculpture.

Observed and assessed student performance and kept thorough records of progress.Implemented a variety of teaching methods such as lectures, discussions and demonstrations.Established clear objectives for all lessons, units and projects.Encouraged students to persevere with challenging tasks.Set and communicated ground rules for the classroom based on respect and personal responsibility.Identified early signs of emotional, developmental and health problems in students and followed up with the teacher.Tutored children individually and in small groups to help them with difficult subjects.Taught after - school and summer enrichment programs.Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators.Mentored and counseled students with adjustment and academic problems.Delegated tasks to teacher assistants and volunteers.Took appropriate disciplinary measures when students misbehaved.Improved students» reading levels through guided reading groups and whole group instruction.Used children's literature to teach and reinforce reading, writing, grammar and phonics.Enhanced reading skills through the use of children's literature, reader's theater and story time.Differentiated instruction according to student ability and skill level.Taught students to exercise problem solving methodology and techniques during tests.Taught students in various stages of cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional development.Encouraged students to explore issues in their lives and in the world around them.Employed a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction textual materials to encourage students to read independently.

The past 20 years has seen a steady increase in the estimated prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in childhood and a recent UK estimate is 1.7 % with many preschool children receiving early diagnoses.1 Children with ASD often have associated difficulties including hyperactivity, anxiety, hypersensitivity to sounds and materials, sleeping difficulties, and emotional dysregulation.2 These behavioural problems present challenges for parents.

To accomplish these goals, the Center: (1) engaged in a comprehensive, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary process for identifying evidence - based practices, (2) developed partnerships with national early childhood organizations and multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural dissemination networks to ensure a widespread campaign of awareness and systems enhancement, (3) developed materials and implementation strategies to impact personnel preparation at the pre-service and in - service level, (4) developed a collaborative research agenda with ongoing input from consumers and families, and (5) implemented a national program of research designed to address critical issues for young children and families affected by challenging behaviors.