Sentences with phrase «classroom in terms of content»

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Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge in context, which can help students remember it, especially if the students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing, students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount of effort involved in learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.

Why, for example, should learning the letters and sounds of the word «BOO» in a pre-K classroom produce long - term effects on reading scores if a child transitions into a kindergarten classroom that has no academic content and moves from there into an elementary school that does not use systematic instruction in phonics?

Teacher preparation programs can do some of these things both in terms of instilling pedagogical and content knowledge, but again, it takes actual classroom practice and strong mentoring to make a really great teacher.

In other words, the constant repetition of the regular classroom, so necessary for mastery among the general population, is actually detrimental to long term storage and retrieval of technical content of gifted students.

This guide is intended for elementary classroom teachers to use in developing their arts lessons and units of study in terms of learner outcomes and achievement using the visual and performing arts content standards.

Therefore, giving teachers choice and more options in PD, in terms of both content (what teachers learn during PD) and format (how PD is delivered), is more likely to support teachers» use of technology in classrooms effectively.