Sentences with phrase «control over their achievement»

Because it is theorized that teacher expectancies might have an impact on pupils» academic achievement through pupils» perceptions of control over their achievement, we investigate the role of pupils» sense of academic futility.

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Indulging in self - pity, agonizing over things beyond our control, obsessing over past events, resenting the achievements of others, or expecting immediate positive results holds us back.

Republicans are under intense pressure to pass a tax bill or face ending a year of near - complete control over the federal government without a a single major legislative achievement to bring voters and donors.

«Individuals must have a sense of urgency and personal control over prospective outcomes and goal achievement before they will commit to meaningful action or new behaviours.»

Regaining mayoral control of schools was one Michael Bloomberg's greatest legislative achievements as mayor; it marked the first time City Hall gained discretion over education policy since the Lindsay administration, when those powers were decentralized and major decisions were made by an education board.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

The over complicated controls and bland level design ultimately eat away at the rest of the achievements.

Cut the Rope: Triple Treat compiles three standalone adventures, bursting with over 650 levels for more than 50 hours of gameplay, as well as the precision control interface of the Nintendo 3DS stylus, online leaderboards, in - game achievements, stereoscopic 3D visuals during gameplay and cheerfully animated Om Nom Stories.

Who is most likely to be willing to abandon control over their admissions, accept tiny voucher amounts as payment in full for serving the lowest achieving students, and be willing to take the state achievement tests?

Treatment - group schools need to at least outpace their counterparts in the control group over these two years for us to say that merit pay made a real difference for student achievement.

Children in the experimental classrooms gained about two months in reading achievement over those in the control group.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

The fact is that most research finds, after controlling for demographic factors, no consistent causal relationship between expenditures and achievement over the current range of spending levels.

The authors note that the schools given the opportunity to participate needed to «out - pace their counterparts in the control group» over the program's first two years in order to demonstrate that merit pay made a real difference for student achievement.

In addition, we control for determinants of student achievement that may change over time, such as a teacher's experience level, as well as for student characteristics, such as prior - year test scores, gender, racial / ethnic subgroup, special education classification, gifted classification, English proficiency classification, and whether the student was retained in the same grade.

Who is most likely to be willing to abandon control over their admissions, accept tiny voucher amounts as payment in full for serving the lowest achieving students, and is willing to take the state achievement tests?

Students of teachers who implemented MFAS over the course of the study performed significantly better on a mathematics achievement test than students of control teachers.

Growth measures — like «value added» or «student growth percentiles» — are a much fairer way to evaluate schools, since they can control for prior achievement and can ascertain progress over the course of the school year.

«What I had no control over were the insensitive teachers who created roadblocks to their achievements, who assaulted their developing senses of self, who refused to take the time or expend the energy to teach to an individual rather than from a standardized student model.»

In addition, they all use students» prior test score data to «control for» the risk factors that impact student learning and achievement both at singular points in time as well as over time.

A Value - Added Model (VAM) is a multivariate (multiple variable) student growth model that attempts to account or statistically control for all potential student, teacher, school, district, and external influences on outcome measures (i.e., growth in student achievement over time).

The tendency to casually focus on student achievement, especially given the testing system's heavy emphasis on reading and math, allows a large number of employees to either be excused from results - driven accountability or be held accountable for activities over which they have no control.

While these researchers suggest different statistical controls to yield less biased results (i.e., a dynamic ordinary least square [DOLS] estimator), the bottom line is that VAMs can not «effectively isolate the «true» contribution of teachers and schools to achievement growth» over time.

In addition to complaints about high rent fees, Imagine has been criticized for exerting too much control over governing boards, poor services provided, low academic achievement, and mismanagement.

By taking control over factors that lead to dramatic academic achievement we can find ways around obstacles to change students» academic trajectory and ensure dramatic academic progress.»

«Because districts ultimately choose which schools close and to which schools displaced students transfer, districts have some degree of control over how closures will impact the achievement of the students they displace,» said Stroub.

[42] Of models that control for prior achievement, the high correlations between those that do and do not explicitly account for student characteristics might suggest that debates over covariate adjustments are misplaced.

When looking at the influences on student achievement, it is important to focus on those things over which we have some amount of control.

The Student Success Act would give states and school districts more control over spending federal money and remove federal requirements that states set goals for student achievement.

In response to his comments, over 50 California - based civil rights, social justice, and education organizations signed the letter below urging the Governor to continue the state's commitment to equity by not just narrowing, but closing the achievement and opportunity gaps, continuing the work of the Local Control Funding Formula, and supporting a strong accountability system.

Member companies participating in SEMA's Vehicle Dynamics Program have conducted more than 60 aftermarket - modified vehicle tests to demonstrate FMVSS 126 compliance and made significant achievements over the past six years in understanding how performance products, such as suspension, brakes, wheels, tires and steering, as well as engine modifications, interact with electronic stability control and other active safety systems.

20 Challenge runs 450 + items, including 160 new unlockables Uber secrets 10 Playable Characters 100 + enemies with new designs Over 50 bosses, including tons of new and rare bosses Mystic Runes Upgradeable shops Integrated controller support for popular control pads Analog directional movement and speed Tons of feature film quality animated endings Over 100 specialized seeds 2 - Player local co-op Over 100 co-op characters Dynamic lighting, visual effects, and art direction All - new game engine @ 60 FPS 24/7 All - new soundtrack and sound design Multiple Save slots A bunch of achievements

* Lead your Commander soldier into the firefight, taking part in the battles with full targeting and shooting control * Battle across 7 different combat scenarios, each with its own 3D map and day and night missions * Assemble your team, choosing from 6 unique soldier types — Commander, Medic, Radioman, Breacher, SAW Gunner, and Sniper * Upgrade your soldiers» skills: Speed, Accuracy, Damage, Health, and Defence * Customize your team with different uniforms and headgear * Use powerful tactic cards to shift each battle in your favour * Over 40 achievements to complete and unlock special rewards * Compete against other players» teams to dominate the leaderboards

The EPA's seminal achievements over almost 50 years include removing lead from gasoline; reducing acid rain to improve water quality; reducing second - hand smoke exposure; improving vehicle efficiency and emission controls; and encouraging a shift to rethinking of wastes as materials.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Troubleshot a telephone cable problem within seconds which had been in limbo for over 3 months • Singlehandedly converted cable television from analog to digital for 120 houses in the same neighborhood • Wrote a short booklet on educating customers about in - house cable maintenance, resulting in fewer breakdown incidents • Implemented a cable damage control process which resulted in a 50 % decrease in acquiring additional cable, and reduced costs by the same percentage

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.

Having worked in the Amata community about 100 km from Uluru over a long period, Stewart was able to highlight some of the noteworthy Aboriginal — controlled organisations and significant achievements.