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Unfortunately, 3 out of 4 car seats are installed incorrectly, but when used properly and according to the manufacturers» instructions, child restraints are highly effective at reducing the likelihood of death by more than 70 %.

While previous studies have shown that this student - centered method can be more effective than teacher - led instruction, Wieman says this study attempted to provide «a particularly clean comparison... to measure exactly what can be learned inside the classroom.»

A University of Texas at Dallas team is exploring whether teaching real - world science through a popular computer game may offer a more engaging and effective educational approach than traditional concepts of instruction.

Appropriately heartbreaking, these close - ups manage more effective storytelling than the overbearing music score or gigantic shots, conveying little context but lots of instruction on how to respond.

Results showed that PBL was more effective than traditional instruction for teaching macroeconomics concepts (Mergendoller, Maxwell & Bellisimo, 2006).

A leading researcher in education, he is a speaker, trainer, and author of more than 30 books and 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention.

The cost of effective peer tutoring is higher than alternatives, such as computer - assisted instruction or smaller class sizes or longer school days, because of the needs for adult personnel to coordinate, train, and monitor the student tutors.

PBL was more effective than traditional instruction for long - term retention, skill development, and satisfaction of students and teachers.

Results from 246 students in 11 classes who completed a pre - and post-test showed that PBL was more effective than traditional instruction in teaching macroeconomics concepts

In terms of measured effect sizes, feedback, remediation, and direct or explicit instruction are more effective in promoting student achievement than problem - based learning, inductive teaching, inquiry - based teaching and the like.

AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional skills.

And, as the cofounder of Wireless Generation, a leading educational software company now serving more than 3 million children with groundbreaking assessment and instruction products, he knows a little something about effective leadership, as well.

Ultimately, using a combination of approaches rather than a single strategy is likely to prove most effective in helping teachers get the training they need to feel confident they are providing all their students with the instruction they need to succeed.

More than two ‑ thirds of participants in our Stanford study reported that using TES materials had a strong positive impact on the quality of their instruction, helping them develop effective lessons, engage students, and introduce new pedagogical methods.

Additional analyses provided evidence that PBL was more effective than traditional instruction with students of average verbal ability and below, students who were more interested in learning economics, and students who were most and least confident in their ability to solve problems.

In addition, Dr. Jones has developed research - based methods of group management that are extremely cost - effective — that free the teacher to focus on instruction rather than discipline.

Chiefs for Change (CFC), a coalition of over two dozen state and district education chiefs, serving 5.3 million students and 330,000 teachers, and dedicated to excellence and equity for all students, urge Congress to fund the Title II, Part A (Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants) at no less than $ 2.055 billion, the FY 2017 appropriation.

It is mentioned that an educator found out that personalized instruction is more effective than conventional methods.

For more than 50 years, an expert team of authors has been developing, testing, and refining Direct Instruction programs to make them even more effective.

Across these activities, students in the more effective schools spent more time in small group instruction than students in the moderately and least effective schools (see Table 2).

In each of grades 1, 2, and 3, children in the most effective schools spent more time in small - group instruction than in whole - group instruction.

Tukey post hoc tests revealed that students of teachers in the most effective schools spent more time daily in small - group instruction (M = 59.02 minutes per day) than students of teachers in the moderately effective schools (M = 26.10 mpd) or least effective schools (M = 37.94 mpd).

Despite ample research indicating that teachers matter more to student achievement than any other in - school factor, 32 both the Trump - DeVos budget and the House appropriations bill proposed eliminating the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant program, often referred to as Title II grants after the section of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, that authorizes the funding.

Effective instruction is much more than the imparting of information; it is the doing, active part of the lesson that uses both teacher and student time.

It is clear that the ability to use written language to communicate with others — and the corresponding need for effective writing instruction and assessment — is more relevant than ever.

This manuscript includes a brief review of research findings suggesting that providing students with worked out examples is more effective than the conventional math instruction method a discussion of the probable reasons for this effect comments on what this body of research suggests for teaching today's math students, with specific consideration of a recently developed math - learning resource.

The use of OER encourages collaboration among educators and is often more cost effective than traditional textbooks,» said Brad C. Smith, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Utah.

As authors Robert J. Marzano and Mark W. Haystead explain, two major reasons account for this situation: state and national standards documents typically identify far more content than teachers can actually teach during a school year, and the standards are not written in a manner that supports effective instruction and assessment.

During his 50 years in the field of education, he has worked with educators as a speaker and trainer and has authored more than 50 books and 200 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention.

The true measure of student success is much more than just a test score and such success requires support well beyond effective instruction.

Over the last 10 years, Matthew has authored more than 20 books, curriculum guides, articles, and research studies covering a wide range of educational topics including learning styles, multiple intelligences, reading instruction, and effective teaching practices.

In a review of research on written composition, George Hillocks (1986) noted that in studies on error correcting, teachers who marked every error were no more effective in increasing the quality of students» work than teachers who only marked the errors that current instruction focused on.

Dr. Laura Goe, Dr. Courtney Bell, and Ms. Olivia Little note in Approaches to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness, «Given that teachers» roles involve much more than simply providing subject - matter instruction, it is appropriate to consider a broader and more comprehensive definition of effective teachers consisting of five points and formulated by evaluating discussions of teacher effectiveness in the research literature as well as in policy documents, standards and reports» (2008).

He has authored more than 20 books, curriculum guides, articles, and research studies covering a wide range of educational topics, including learning styles, multiple intelligences, reading instruction, and effective teaching practices.

2 Mastery, by every teacher, of the fundamental moves and components of effective, explicit instruction — which hinges, more than anything, on the continuous (sometimes minute - to - minute) effort by the teacher to adjust the pace and nature of their instruction on the basis of frequent formative data.

Eighty - eight percent of hiring principals reported that graduates of residencies were more effective than typical new teachers in instruction and pedagogy, culturally responsive teaching, and professionalism and leadership (UTRU, 2013, 2014).

A school - based teacher preparation program in which a prospective teacher, for not less than one academic year, teaches alongside an effective teacher, as determined by the state or local educational agency, who is the teacher of record for the classroom, receives concurrent instruction during the year, through courses that may be taught by local educational agency personnel or by faculty of the teacher preparation program; and in the teaching of the content area in which the teacher will become certified or licensed; and acquires effective teaching skills, as demonstrated through completion of a residency program, or other measure determined by the state, which may include a teacher performance assessment.»

Focusing on proper pedagogy, rather than narrowing attention only to the outcomes, can contribute to the development of a sustainable structure for effective instruction.

Graham is the author of Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High School, Handbook of Writing Research, Handbook of Learning Disabilities, Writing Better, Making the Writing Process Work, Best Practices in Writing Instruction, and more than 135 articles.

Some of the options other than academies that are available to fund are teacher residency programs, induction programs, improving equitable access to a diverse teaching staff and effective teachers, integrating technology into the curriculum and instruction, and — yes — even establishing, expanding, or improving alternative routes to certification.

Pulling from more than a decade of work to make classroom instruction more effective and manageable, she sets out to guide classroom teachers and administrators through the process for crafting high - quality assignments.

(Of course, as with computer - based instruction, to be truly effective tutoring needs to be connected to the content students are learning rather than just focused on free - floating comprehension skills.)

A leading researcher in education, he is a speaker, trainer, and author of more than 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention.

To become effective summarizers, ELLs need instruction in combining sentences and in the use of superordinates, so that they can use category words (e.g., relatives, hobbies, injuries, mammals, countries) rather than enumerating lists.

In contrast, in our earlier study of primary grade reading instruction in schools that were beating the odds (Taylor et al., 2000), we found that small - group, rather than whole - group, instruction across grades 1 - 3 was characteristic of the most effective schools.

The findings on word skill activities also suggest that teachers are focusing on phonics instruction in kindergarten and first grade, which is compatible with the recommendation of the National Reading Panel Report (2000) that «phonics instruction taught early proved much more effective than phonics instruction introduced after first grade» (section 2, p. 85).

However, observations also indicated an increase in comprehension skill instruction rather than comprehension strategy instruction, although the latter has been found to be the most effective approach for increasing reading achievement (NRP, 2000).

As with vocabulary instruction, it was found that using a combination of reading comprehension strategies and making lessons multisensory was more effective than using a single strategy.

Illinois, on the other hand, uses student and teacher data from the 5Essentials Survey to differentiate schools.65 A 10 - year Chicago study found that schools that were strong in at least three of the five survey elements — which include effective leaders, collaborative teachers, supportive environment, involved families, and ambitious instruction — were significantly more likely to improve student learning than schools that were weaker in these domains.66

Over two decades of research has demonstrated a clear connection between teacher quality and increased student performance Research shows that low - income students are more likely to benefit from instruction by a highly effective teacher than are their more advantaged peers (Nye, Konstantoupoulos, & Hedges, 2004).