Sentences with phrase «diminished ability of students»

The Report stressed how these rising costs were undermining efforts to diversify the legal profession so as to better reflect underrepresented populations within Canadian society and diminished ability of students from lower income families to pursue legal education.

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Both studies involved a values affirmation exercise aimed at diminishing the threat of negative stereotypes related to African American students» academic abilities.

In «The Logic of Interdisciplinary Studies,» a research report by Sandra Mathison and Melissa Freeman presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in 1997, the authors wrote, «Interdisciplinary, integrated, and integrative studies represent an opportunity to have more meaningful relations with students; teach cognitive skills associated with «real life» (e.g., cooperation, problem solving, ability to see connections); motivate students; increase student achievement; promote positive attitudes toward subject matter; create more curricular flexibility; diminish scheduling problems; and integrate new and rapidly changing information with increased time efficiency.»

In the present context of schools» heightened accountability for instruction and student outcomes, non-school sanctioned activities result in less instructional time, conflict with important instructional activities, and may diminish the school's ability to increase student achievement as required by federal and state mandates.

Coupled with the continued testing and accountability fetish are dangerous provisions that will serve to diminish the quality of the teaching workforce in favor of a competitive teacher preparation market, whose graduates» worth will be measured by their ability to raise student test scores, and little else.