Sentences with phrase «especially first year students»

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Finra's study also found that personal finance education lowers the probability of falling 90 or more days behind on future credit accounts, especially for students who took required classes in economics or personal finance after the first - year mandates were adopted.

There is also surprise in UVU's culinary program, especially after another student, Michelle Stephenson, won the same title last year, a first in the school's history.

Boehner was especially enthusiastic about Ryan, whom he said worked on Boehner's first congressional campaign 22 years ago — «a primary I couldn't win» — as a 23 - year - old college student whose big responsibility was to put up yard signs.

Given this situation, I find it amazing that most graduate students, especially those in their first couple of years of grad school, seem to be in a collective state of denial about their career prospects.

Olivier Voinnet's first years as an undergraduate student didn't bode especially well for his scientific future.

The study's findings on sleep were especially significant given the well - documented compromises in sleep that students experience throughout college, but especially in the first year.

When interacting with groups in which they were the only woman, the participants — especially first - year students — were more likely to perceive the upcoming group work as a threat.

As part of UBC's ongoing efforts to improve undergraduate teaching and learning, Code and colleagues selected two especially difficult topics covered in large first - year calculus classes, and designed week - long «teaching interventions» to more actively engage students.

First - year graduate students (especially if they come directly from an undergraduate program) often idolize their advisers and quickly learn to emulate their style of research, problem solving, and perspective on science.

And then there are gap - year critics, like Senior Lecturer Mandy Savitz - Romer, who point to data indicating that time away from school reduces the chances that students — especially those from first - generation and lower - income backgrounds — will ultimately complete their degrees.

If students are feeling especially burnt out and nervous about college applications, O'Brien says, help them consider and explore alternative routes to a four - year college: taking a gap year, or first taking classes at a community college.

Washington moved on, as did Chris, and then a few years ago something funny happened: NAEP scores in fourth - grade reading jumped significantly, especially for the low - income, low achieving students who were Reading First's focus.

This type of student - teacher relationship is especially important in the first years of high school.

«These results are a tremendous achievement in any year but especially this year, as it is the first in which the majority of our students have completed the new linear A level courses.

In conversations with community members, Grossman preaches patience — especially as students face their first round of Common Core tests at the end of the school year.

Voucher students experienced «modest annual achievement losses» in math, especially in the first two years after leaving public school.

Scholars in AVID recognize that getting into a four - year university is not easy, especially for a first - generation college student.

We were especially focused on examining a few specific programmatic features first articulated during the 2011 - 2012 school year: Productive Time, Transformed Space, and Student - Adult Learning Relationships.

High School Physics Teacher needed for the2018 / 19 School Year WHO WE ARE Our mission is to transform the lives of students - especially those who will be the first in their family to attend college...

Tuesday, September 13 (Seattle)-- West Seattle Elementary School used its first year of School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding to increase wraparound services, especially necessary for its high - needs student population.

KIPP encourages students, especially students of color, to consider colleges» four - and six - year graduation rates, as well as underrepresented, first - generation, and low - income student enrollment.

In «Moral Teachers, Moral Students» (p. 6), Rick Weissbourd asserts that «disillusionment — especially the loss of a belief that [teachers] can make a difference in students» lives — is one of the biggest reasons that nearly one - half of teachers in the United States leave the profession within the first fivStudents» (p. 6), Rick Weissbourd asserts that «disillusionment — especially the loss of a belief that [teachers] can make a difference in students» lives — is one of the biggest reasons that nearly one - half of teachers in the United States leave the profession within the first fivstudents» lives — is one of the biggest reasons that nearly one - half of teachers in the United States leave the profession within the first five years.

Students will not know everything at first, especially if it is the beginning of the school year.

This is not entirely unexpected: educators were expecting that some students would find math especially challenging because Common Core math requires more ELA proficiency than California's old standards.4 But it does suggest that, as measured in the first year of the SBAC, high - need students have farther to go — perhaps further than the old standards and assessments indicated.

A large body of research shows that teacher experience has a positive impact on student learning, especially after a teacher gets through the steep learning curve of the first three years.

Improving teacher retention is one of his main priorities, as is increasing social - emotional supports for all students, especially during their first two years of high school.

In whatever kind of school they work, teachers typically find the first weeks of the academic year to be especially busy, as they get classes going, get to know their new batches of students, and build important routines.

These favorable work conditions are also predictors of higher levels of student growth and improved academic achievement.27 New teachers, especially, can benefit from additional time, tools, and support — possibly provided as part of residency and induction programs — during their critical first years in the classroom.

For many of my students, especially my students who have learning disabilities, it is the first award that they have received at the end of the school year to take home to share with their parents.

Mr Jones can see that the first student listed, Catharine Beecher, worked especially hard last school year — she spent 19 hours online and earned over 10,000 points!

My best advice for a first - year teacher is to find the good in every single student, especially ones that present as challenges the most and build relationships with them.

It's common for college students to want to celebrate their first taste of living independently by getting a dog, but this is an especially important time to look at the big picture and imagine life over the next ten to twenty years.

Law school, especially the first year, is academic intensive, which leads students to completely ignore other important aspects of law school — like acquiring practical experience and networking.

While this does make you authoritative, your students are probably terrified about their law school performance, especially if you are teaching first - year students.

This connection allows the program to establish a unified message of legal writing instruction; this is especially important because the clientele of the law school writing center is likely to be mostly first - year students taking the required legal writing course.

Some consumers, especially parents of college students in their first apartment, look only at the cost per year.

Further, universities may help transitional students maintain or develop optimism, hope, happiness and heighten their self - esteem since these characteristics may be especially beneficial for first - year college students as they struggle to deal with an array of stressful situations during their adjustment to life as a college student.