Sentences with phrase «especially values student»

He especially values student responses to Google surveys as this method of data collection is anonymous, completed individually, and enables him to collect and archive feedback that directly addresses his four primary objectives.

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The New Bank Disaster Olafur Arnarson, Michael Hudson and Gunnar Tomasson * The problem of bank loans gone bad, especially those with government - guarantees such as U.S. student loans and Fannie Mae mortgages, has thrown into question just what should be a «fair value» for these debt obligations.

In fact, all students and especially young people deeply appreciate and value academic discipline if by discipline we mean both the subject - matter to be studied and some set requirements in the mastering of it.

Doubtless participation in church work by students of theology has educational value, since devoted and intelligent men are bound to learn from experience, especially if they can compare it with that of others.

It is vital to tell the public that these people value student health and good nutrition for kids above all else (especially if you feel that they only gave you what you wanted grudgingly and maybe they don't really value student health....)

This class asks students to actively identify their own values and the implications of their work, which is especially important as students go on to create neural engineering devices while considering the needs of technology end users, conduct research or interact with the field in other ways.

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But those scenes may be especially valued by devoted students of the Potter saga.

We have also learned a lot about the alternatives to value - added measures — especially, classroom observations and student surveys — in the past three years.

First Things First on the First Day of School One of the greatest mistakes a new teacher can make in a classroom (especially on the first day) is to assume that the student values the class as much as the teacher does.

The action implications of these findings, as well as some of the dos noted earlier, are to promote a genuine and broad sense of inclusiveness by educating for true understanding of diversity, especially as manifest in one's own school, to ensure that school codes of conduct and core values are integrated into everyday routines, including opportunities for student reflection and feedback on student report cards (versus being relegated to statements in handbooks or on web sites), and to require that all students are given systematic training in social problem solving or related social - emotional skills and encouraged specifically to use those skills in finding alternatives to mistreating others, seeking help effectively, and upstanding in the presence of injustice and inequity.

«The shared value [of these efforts] would be increased expectation for student performance, especially over previous state assessments,» she said.

In addition, Aaron especially enjoys talking through the intricacies of great classroom instruction, the benefits of social and emotional learning, and the value of teaching students to embrace risks in their learning.

The advent of more student testing, especially the spread of value - added measures of pupil and school performance, has given us both the technical ability to evaluate teachers by the results they produce and the moral imperative to do so.

Using the overall rating in that way could compromise the accuracy of subjective performance evaluations, especially if principals value characteristics of teachers that are unrelated to their effect on student performance.

Fully 82 % of teachers believe it is especially important to teach foreign - born students to value the U.S. and the meaning of citizenship, and 89 % of teachers working with ELL students say the same.

Shaelynn Fransworth believes the phenomenon provides «teachable moments for educators across the globe,» and especially the important conversations in which students «understand the value of fake news in the age of information.»

Children and teens often have a great deal of empathy for their close friends and family, but it is often harder to truly value those outside this circle of concern, especially those who are different or who may not be on their radar, such as a new student in class, someone who speaks a different language, or even someone who dresses differently.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Sophisticated statistical programs can help administrators draw vital inferences about the learning process, especially about the extent to which each teacher is providing «value - added» to students (after allowing for differences in student backgrounds and other influences on learning that teachers can't control).

With extreme student transience, especially in low income students, how can you develop data for your school's value - added to that particular student?

Educators, teachers especially, liked the test's open - ended and creative nature, but rumors quickly spread among some parents that the tests contained «objectionable content» that threatened moral values and students» privacy.

I would welcome the opportunity to determine who on my staff would receive differentiated pay, especially if value - added student achievement and standardized test scores are tracked as a part of the measurement.

According to Edutopia contributor Anne O'Brien, it's critical to develop a clear code of conduct, to empower «teachers and especially students to help enforce it,» and to socialize the message through activities like all - school assemblies and «art contests highlighting school values.»

We certainly look at test scores — especially individual student progress over time, a.k.a. «value added.»

This week: how rural schools are bringing cutting - edge tech to their students, the wave of teacher strikes across the country and their implications for CA and the value of teacher diversity especially in a state where students of color now comprise three - quarters of public school enrollment.

Taking these headlines on face value, especially if you are a parent, student or not involved with education could provide you with a skewed view.

The district also should «honor and value» grass - roots proposals that come from the community, she said, especially one like this promising to help the district address its achievement gaps for students of color.

Since the initial MET report makes no attempt to adjust methods (especially the survey questions) to see if the stability is truly a teacher effect, the results, says Rothstein, must be considered inconclusive (the non-random assignment issue also applies to most of the report's other findings on value - added and student surveys).

Accordingly, and also per the research, this is not getting much better in that, as per the authors of this article as well as many other scholars, (1) «the variance in value - added scores that can be attributed to teacher performance rarely exceeds 10 percent; (2) in many ways «gross» measurement errors that in many ways come, first, from the tests being used to calculate value - added; (3) the restricted ranges in teacher effectiveness scores also given these test scores and their limited stretch, and depth, and instructional insensitivity — this was also at the heart of a recent post whereas in what demonstrated that «the entire range from the 15th percentile of effectiveness to the 85th percentile of [teacher] effectiveness [using the EVAAS] cover [ed] approximately 3.5 raw score points [given the tests used to measure value - added];» (4) context or student, family, school, and community background effects that simply can not be controlled for, or factored out; (5) especially at the classroom / teacher level when students are not randomly assigned to classrooms (and teachers assigned to teach those classrooms)... although this will likely never happen for the sake of improving the sophistication and rigor of the value - added model over students» «best interests.»

Homework's value is also influenced by student characteristics, subject matter, and especially grade level.

Perhaps most importantly, we point out to Secretary Duncan that teachers with ineffective teaching skills nevertheless might have strong value - added scores, especially when they teach high - achieving students (Hill, Kapitula, & Umland, 2011).

This is especially evident on the state's student growth percentiles (SGP), our official growth metric chosen as an alternative to «value added.»

Kassandra Reyes Vizcaino, school counselor at PS381 in Manhattan, added, «I am fortunate as a school counselor that my principal truly believes in and values social emotional learning and realizes that students, especially in struggling communities, need access to social workers and school counselors to support them.

In its proposal guidelines, the foundation said it is «guided by the belief that all lives have equal value, and that all students — especially black, Latino and low - income students — must have equal access to a great public education that prepares them for adulthood.»

For district leaders, a key challenge in using measures of student growth, especially value - added ones, is creating communications to help minimize confusion and anxiety.

Understanding place value is critical for future success with operations, especially when students begin to approach regrouping for addition and subtraction.

We have to build a culture in our schools that values students, especially low - income and students of color — as partners in education, and as valuable resources for knowledge and transformation.

Rather, it's an approach based on a set of core principles and values, including a commitment to ensuring that every student, especially those furthest from opportunity, has the chance to succeed.

Knowledge of students» career interests may give teachers the opportunity to extend knowledge, skills, and dispositions in ways that can demonstrate the value of what students may be learning in class, especially in terms of how it might apply to future careers.

As someone familiar with many social practices of Web 2.0, Ed Cator seemed to recognize the value and place of «wild thinking, creating one's own definitions and rules... being «naughty»... and constructing knowledge» with other teachers across time and space; however, this study, coupled with published and anecdotal evidence in teacher education, suggests that many preservice teachers, practicing teachers, and even doctoral students in teacher education have had limited opportunities for professional collaboration or serious epistemic roles in education — especially in school - based professional development and university - based teacher education.

We know that we can remove apparent systematic errors in value - added errors when we account for detailed information on disability status, especially for teachers whose classes have majorities of students with disabilities.

While students, small businesses, and independent researchers are expected to be the major consumers of these mountains of content, this is a bold first move in helping civic leaders, publishers, and citizens see the value of open access, an often hotly contested topic especially where government funded and published research findings are concerned.

They provide an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from within the school and in the broader community to share stories and experience with students especially where values are highlighted ensuring student understanding is reflective of their community.

They provide an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from within the school and in the broader community to share stories and experiences with students especially where values are highlighted ensuring student understanding is reflective of their community.

Peaches also has therapeutic value, especially for students who miss their pets at home.

It helped me realize the value of team effort, especially when it comes to installing art,» said Constanza Valenzuela (B.F.A. Sculpture» 17), a student in the Sculpture Seminar II class.

UK About Blog CMF mobilize and support all Christian doctors, medical students and other healthcare professionals in serving Christ throughout the world.Promote Christian values especially in bioethics and healthcare, among doctors and medical students in the church and society.Blog with a wide range of topical issues at the interface of Christianity and medicine.

They provide an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from within the school and in the broader community to share stories and experience with students especially where values are highlighted ensuring student understanding is reflective of their community.

They provide an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from within the school and in the broader community to share stories and experiences with students especially where values are highlighted ensuring student understanding is reflective of their community.