Sentences with phrase «emphasize cognitive skills»

In addition to outlining key content that students must understand, the standards emphasize cognitive skills that ensure students are able to apply what they learn.

Our grading policy reflects our values, which is why we emphasize cognitive skills over content knowledge.

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But I think that, yes, it's because we do such a good job of measuring IQ and cognitive skills that we emphasize them so much.

Jacobs describes how Summit Public schools, a charter school network known for «an approach that emphasizes both project - based and self - paced learning as well as the development of cognitive skills» has been sharing its model with schools around the countroy for free with support from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

The stark differences between state standards and the Common Core are partly due to differences in topics addressed, but also to the fact that the Common Core emphasizes somewhat different cognitive skills: devoting less time to memorization and performing procedures, and more to demonstrating understanding and analyzing written material.

Summit's eight schools, two of them in Washington State, are known for an approach that emphasizes both project - based and self - paced learning as well as the development of cognitive skills.

Cognitive skills would be emphasized, of course, but children would also be taught social skills so they could learn to get along with others and follow social rules in the classroom.

Only one in 10 elementary classrooms across the country emphasizes the development of cognitive skills; other researchers have advocated for explicit instruction of metacognitive, cognitive, and other strategies to facilitate the process of learning as a way to engage and motivate middle and high school students.

For too long, standardized testing has been the predominant form of assessing student learning, while ignoring the deleterious effects of narrowing the curriculum, promoting teaching to the test, and emphasizing lower order cognitive skills.

Strategies teachers may use for addressing the instructional needs of students whose cognitive abilities are significantly below average and who exhibit deficits in adaptive behavior include: (1) repetition of key content; (2) including a functional component to lessons, that is, emphasizing skills needed for success in day - to - day adult life; 17 and (3) making concepts concrete.

I would emphasize that these tests may also fail to capture key cognitive skills, and, in particular, reasoning and problem - solving.

The dynamic learning platform emphasizes not just cognitive skills but also collaboration and communication.

Implementing the Common Core Standards that emphasize cognitive engagement, constructivist learning, 21st century skills, and depth of knowledge, while at the same time understanding Multiple Intelligences, learning styles, quadrants of the brain, IEP's, and that all students learn differently requires that I oppose NYS evaluation system, its philosophy and theory, as well as NYS political and economic agenda.

Not all video games are played the same, therefore different video games present different cognitive challenges and emphasize different thinking skills.

Recent research has emphasized the long - lasting effects of early environmental influences5 and their significance for emotional security, cognitive development, and learning skills.

Computer - based training programs targeting attention focusing and control has proven to enhance efficiency of the brain attention system in young children as well as reasoning capacities.14 It has also been shown that classroom curricula that emphasize regulation and executive functions skills, such as Tools of the Mind, 17 improves children's cognitive control.18 But home environment is also important.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy that focuses on the psychosocial aspects of therapy, emphasizing the importance of a collaborative relationship, support for the client, and the development of skills for dealing with highly emotional situations (Psych Central, 2016).