Sentences with phrase «engagement of academic researchers»

Workshops and longer - format trainings to strengthen the effective engagement of academic researchers and scientists with the public policy process.

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At the same time, Hill has been exploring other ways to boost the perceived value of public engagement among academic researchers at her university.

In both the fall and spring, the researchers collected three types of academic outcome measures from youth and staff, including reading skills, youth perceptions of their academic abilities, and academic engagement.

Thus far, I have observed and begun to appreciate the unique set of opportunities available to academic scientists: engagement with top - calibre colleagues, students and mentors, involvement with a built - in community of equally passionate researchers, opportunity to converse and collaborate across disciplines and institutions, and utilisation of cutting - edge instrumentation and laboratories.

Writing in the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, the researchers say «the affects of active classrooms on academic engagement have been largely unexamined, until now».

Recent and ongoing projects include a researcher - practitioner partnership focused on familial and school - based relationships that support adolescents» emerging sense of purpose, academic engagement, achievement and post-secondary school transitions; Project Alliance / Projecto Alianzo, a multiethnic study of parental involvement in education during adolescence; and collaboration with a local school district focused on school choice policies to examine equity and access to high quality schools, along with demographic variations in parental priorities and experiences with these policies.

Student engagement is critical to academic success; researchers have found that student engagement is one of the strongest predictors of student outcomes and is highly correlated with academic achievement.

The researchers then measured these scores alongside assessments of the teachers» positive engagement with their students, and against end - of - year tests measuring students» academic growth.

Though the researcher did not directly collect student outcome data, teachers reported that their implementation of IDEA strategies resulted in positive outcomes for students in areas of academic achievement, engagement / motivation, and collaboration skills.