Sentences with phrase «doing math problems on»

Mendez and the math department have used the online math program Khan Academy, with many classes logging on at least once a week, so students will be used to doing math problems on the computer.

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I also remember working on math problems, my dad telling me not to give up, as I tried to figure out a way to solve them, practicing until I eventually did.

Are my children going to be left with the scraps because I don't help them with every math problem, quiz them on every spelling word, ensure that each assignment is not only complete but is the best it can possibly be?

Now, that doesn't mean that your infant is going to be able to figure out a math problem, but he or she will develop the skills necessary to take those problems on when the time comes.

These include homework - free weekends like the one coming up over Thanksgiving break, encouraging teachers to economize on assignments by, for instance, assigning fewer practice problems in math (10 can serve just as well as 25), and creating a centralized homework calendar that will allow teachers to coordinate big assignments, so that kids don't end up with a lot of tests or projects due on the same day.

A team from Canada found in 2007 that drivers asked to do math problems via cell phone with both hands on the wheel spent more time looking straight ahead and less time scanning the periphery of their vision field — even while cruising through intersections — than people not talking on a phone did.

General intelligence is usually defined as the ability to do well on multiple cognitive tasks, from math skills to problem solving.

Not only did my blood work indicate a problem, but I DID THE MATH according to Dr. Greger's videos on protein requiremendid my blood work indicate a problem, but I DID THE MATH according to Dr. Greger's videos on protein requiremenDID THE MATH according to Dr. Greger's videos on protein requirements.

Music training conditions the brain to do tasks similar to those it has to do when working on math problems, Gardiner told Teacher magazine last May.

The instructors often do not show real - world problems, focusing instead on the beauty of math for blossoming mathematicians.

On this particular fall day, 16 students are getting traditional in - person instruction in Algebra I from teacher Wendy Chaves; roughly the same number are doing math problems online; and still others are gathered in clusters of four tutoring each other.

«A math problem [containing that word] then becomes relatively more difficult for English - language learners, so performance on that item has little to do with their math knowledge.»

Do you remember watching your math teacher solve a problem on the blackboard and then diligently trying to copy her technique to solve the other problems on your worksheet?

The study, by Jo Boaler, now a professor of education at Stanford University, found that students at the project - based school did better than those at the more traditional school both on math problems requiring analytical or conceptual thought and on those considered rote, that is, those requiring memory of a rule or formula.

For example: «When I use social intelligence to solve complex math problems, it helps prepare me for working on a team like engineers do.»

For example, I wrote in a previous blog about a teacher that teaches every fifth - grade math lesson by first presenting students with a challenge problem to see what they can do, then based on results from that task, breaks the students into three groups - remedial, progressing and advanced.

Among the major instructional changes are: a substantial increase in the amount of non-fiction reading and writing, a greater emphasis on collaborative activities, and the expectation that math students are not only able to solve problems but explain how they did so.

Seeking to shed light on the problem, The Times obtained seven years of math and English test scores from the Los Angeles Unified School District and used the information to estimate the effectiveness of L.A. teachers — something the district could do but has not.

Steps along the way have included: The problem with levels - gaps in basic numeracy skills identified by rigorous diagnostic testing, Forgetting is necessary for learning, desirable difficulties and the need to dissociate learning and performance, Going SOLO on the journey towards deep learning, How do we make John Hattie's «Visible Learning» work in maths?

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People will need to read, write, do math, and solve problems in their professional lives, so it makes sense to measure if students are on track in these areas.

According to an article in the Washington Post the problem with standard tests is that they mainly focus on math and reading and do not take into account other subjects and skills students should be developing.

I do see problems with judging teachers solely on test score gains in reading and math, but we've got to start somewhere.

The student who forgets to do her book report or math problems as homework may get absorbed in a learning project that involves interviewing a grandparent for social studies (interpersonal), taking pictures of animals in the neighborhood for an ecology unit (spatial - naturalist), or writing a song on an electronic keyboard about a character in a short story (musical).

For example, schools must ensure students can't access a calculator on the computer to solve math problems or that anti-virus updates don't pop up, wasting a student's time.

Word problems like those found in this second printable PDF help students grasp the context surrounding why we need and use mathematics in everyday life, so it's important that teachers ensure that their students do understand this context and don't just arrive at an answer based on the math involved.

It didn't take long to come across the problem below on the high school math training test:

on US students rank better internationally on new problem solving test than they do on conventional math and reading exams

They do much of the work offline — reading books, solving math problems on paper, drawing, and conducting science experiments.

State accountability systems that emphasize minimum proficiency and teacher evaluation systems that focus monomaniacally on improving reading and math scores have the effect of marginalizing those students whose families have taken care to read to them and do math problems with them — and who look to schools for more.

are baby boomers who remember the «new math» era, when teachers who didn't understand the concepts gave students endless problems that were supposed to allow us to discover mathematical concepts on our own and make us fall in love with mathematical research, and that actually left us confused and hating math.

«Since the OP didn't stick around to offer her reasons for starting the thread [1], and since everyone [2] seems to find big problems with the math and handling of the statistics referred to, and since as I posted upthread we've had numerous discussions here lately on this issue [3], I am locking this one for now.»

The only problem with all the predictions about the level of the World Ocean rising is that, the World Ocean is refusing to rise up in support of the predictions, the other problem is that ice is frozen fresh water and frozen fresh water only covers about 5 % of this planet above sea level and frozen water under the level of the World Ocean does not count as the World Ocean will fall a small amount if that ice melts, so if the ice there is enough to get the World Ocean to rise and significant amount then it must be piled up very high, I cubic kilometer of water as ice, should it melt, would make 1000 square kilometers rise by one meter, so when you use this simple math then somewhere on the planet, above the level of the sea, then there must be over 500,000 cubic kilometers of ice, piled up and just waiting to melt, strange that no one can find that amount of ice, all these morons who talk about the rise of the World Ocean in tens of meters, this includes you Peter Garrett or Mr. 7 Meters, the ice does not exist to allow this amount of rise in the World Ocean, it is just not there.

For example, you can use a pencil to write notes on the display, or even do math problems.

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recognizing there is a problem o Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options PHYSICAL DEMANDS: * Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time * Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another * Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm * Extending hand (s) and arm (s) in any direction * Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist * Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles * Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately * Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication * Visual Acuity: o The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts * Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs; exerting up to 30 lbs of force occasionally and / or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and / or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects Preferred Qualifications * Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting * Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician * PTCB National Certification Education * High School diploma or equivalent (preferred) Business Overview CVS Health, through our unmatched breadth of service offerings, is transforming the delivery of health care services in thProblem Resolution o Is able to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem o Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options PHYSICAL DEMANDS: * Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time * Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another * Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm * Extending hand (s) and arm (s) in any direction * Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist * Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles * Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; 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«The skills that the children are learning in SEL lessons are really important because they can apply them in the classroom and that makes for a happier classroom, happier interactions with each other and lots less problems to deal with and you can then you can get on with other things that you need to teach and that's what we are here for, to teach kids to read and write, do their maths and be happy and adjusted children.»

But, if gives them the confidence to try things that are very difficult and helps them to feel capable, they may have the courage to do math problems, they previously would've just shut down on... or whatever it is that the struggles with.

Thank you for bringing back a long buried memory of standing at the chalkboard with 25 pairs of eyes of my peers trained on me as I did the math problem... WRONG!

Psychologists from SUNY and Clark University asked trial participants to do maths problems while listening to a range of sounds, including a screeching saw on wood, machine noise, a baby crying, motherese and whining, for a whole minute each.