Sentences with phrase «current educational science»

Constructing, sharing, and contesting models of the natural world is central to scientific inquiry (Latour, 1999) and a central component of current educational science standard reforms in the United States.

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Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

A new report from the Royal Society on improving U.K. science and mathematics education contains a lengthy wish list: Upper - level students should take a lot more science and math; more college graduates with science degrees should go into teaching; current teachers should continually upgrade their skills and have a larger voice in the educational process; and the government should de-emphasize the high - stakes tests used to measure student achievement.

The International Polar Foundation's highly successful educational workshop brings new interactive methods into the classroom, reaching school age children and their teachers with current science knowledge on climate change.

Current research on mindfulness, brain science, and education suggests that mindfulness-wise application of neuroscience in the classroom may improve social - emotional and educational outcomes for students.

Professional organizations, such as the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Literacy Association, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Science Teachers Association, and the National Council for the Social Studies, offer a variety of resources to foster the current and future development of educational practice.

One of our members Barbara Higginbotham, sales director at Data Harvest, manufacturer and supplier of specialist educational science and technology equipment, recognises the current pressure felt by schools.

This mixed - methods study examined 38 teachers in a science educational gaming professional development program that provided baseline characteristics about personal technology use and post professional development workshop experiences to ascertain characteristics that align with diffusion of innovation theory and educational game development as a new innovation in current pedagogical practices.

Ultimately, the professional development program focused on the current standards in science and mathematics at respective grade levels in order to incorporate seamlessly the educational game into the teachers» current pedagogical practices.

This finding lends itself to the rationale for the current study to examine science teachers» experiences, attitudes, perceptions, concerns, and support needs related to the use of educational computer games specifically in the science classroom.

She is a current educational leadership PhD candidate at the University of Phoenix; her undergraduate degree in political science and Spanish was earned at Spelman College and her master's degree in elementary education was earned at the University of Phoenix.

Current educational policy embodied by the No Child Left Behind Act requires that all students, including English language learners, meet high standards in science, reading, and math.

Her current research interests include Earth Science education, learning progression development, and how science curricular practices are impacted by educational policies tied to standardized testing and accountability meScience education, learning progression development, and how science curricular practices are impacted by educational policies tied to standardized testing and accountability mescience curricular practices are impacted by educational policies tied to standardized testing and accountability measures.

Yes, they were interesting (and educational) times, before Climategate I didn't think much about the reasons for the great big new taxes but when Climategate occurred I took an interest and since then have become a skeptic or denialist or whatever the current word is Perhaps what Politicisation has done in the name of science is demonstrate that there are inquiring and courageous scientific and other minds that do not close And where's Bulldust (I think he is Australian as I am) and the coiner of the phrase «Climategate» Happy anniversary everyone, thank you Anthony for a wonderful site

I keep current in my science by attending various educational seminars throughout the year, and work to incorporate both progressive and established methods of rehabilitation into my treatment.

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