Sentences with phrase «even particular students»

Our own experiences as educators make it challenging to shed our perceptions about instructional methods (or even particular students!)

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Even the beginner student of nutritionism will immediately spot several flaws: the focus was on» fat,» rather than on any particular food, like meat or dairy.

Should students never perform any music with a religious text, even if done in a secular setting and with the purpose of providing a complete education, not for the purpose of worship or of promoting a particular belief?

When there is a such a wide array of opinions and beliefs on what a particular passage means, and there is very little chance for the average student of Scripture to gain clarity or certainty on which view is right, most people think «Why even try?»

That course had an even more profound effect on me: It made me decide to devote my life to the study of East Asia, Japan in particular, and I entered the graduate program at Harvard as the only student in sociology and Far Eastern languages.

Some students love a particular teacher, subject, or even someone in class that they want to impress.

And, another point that is outside this particular discussion of the regulations, but one that bothers me... Even if these new regulations turn out to be perfect and the food is all wonderful... lets not forget that likely the students are gulping it down in 5 to 10 minutes, in a crowded, loud, cavernous room.

If in the end the student feels that it is logistically more feasible or even more desirable to pursue another academic route, sometimes that is the best for that particular student at that time, and as a mentor, you have no choice but to support the student in that decision.

These are a great resource even if there isn't any information on the particular company you are applying for, as there is some common practice and reading about students» experiences with other employers should reassure you.

In a typical lab activity, «the relevant equations and principles are laid out in the preamble; students are told what value they should get for a particular measurement or given the equation to predict that value; they are told what data to collect and how to collect them; and often they are even told which buttons to press on the equipment to produce the desired output,» write the researchers.

Decreases in the attractiveness of faculty careers and concomitant increases in the attractiveness of nonacademic careers lead to even sharper shifts in the share of students finding a particular career most attractive compared to all other careers (the measure used in Figure 2).

As I travel throughout India and the United States to research yoga therapy, I notice that even masters who write books and articles recommending specific sequences for particular conditions often don't use these sequences when they work with students.

... But elements of the flipped classroom, where you're just identifying things in your teaching and learning practices in the classroom... perhaps maths is a great example even in primary school, where a lot of students just require a particular maths example to be explained over and over and over, using different examples.

What complicated the matters even more in the eyes of ths particular student population was that George Bush had attended my high school.

Even with a plethora of how - to advice on creating community in a classroom, it can be difficult to know what will work best for any particular group of students.

Schools that fail to make adequate yearly progress (meet achievement targets) for three consecutive years, even if it's just for a particular subgroup of students, must offer free tutoring to all students.

Allowing students to proceed through courses, and even the whole K — 12 sequence, at their own pace is a fantastic idea and will be a particular boon to high - achieving, low - income students — kids who have been neglected in the age of standards.

If Ms. Saul is to be believed, however, some of these programs are vulnerable to various forms of misbehavior, including parents getting cash in their pockets, politicians deciding which schools should benefit, even donors getting tax credits while underwriting particular students.

Sector - based training and apprenticeships work well for such students, even though they are quite specific to particular industries or firms.

However we feel personally about prayer in school, whatever legislators say about the legality of a particular patriotic message, if even one of our students feels excluded from the patriotic experiences enjoyed by his or her classmates, then we are not fulfilling our responsibility as educators.

Even if you accept the argument that geometry in general, and proofs in particular, are unnecessary for students to learn, at least algebra should be taught properly, since algebra is the common language of, and gateway to, all of higher math.

We encourage states to focus on the lowest - performing students, but the lowest - performing students aren't always part of a particular racial or economic group, or even a particular curricular subgroup.

The student decided that he didn't care for a particular teacher, even though that teacher secured the highest number of votes, and fixed the voting results so that a different teacher won the contest.

Seeing these miracles has been the greatest blessing of my life, but today I want to talk about one particular student who taught me to believe in the impossible and allowed me to learn that impossible is just a starting point to profound change, both in an individual, school and even society.

As Lisa Hansel of the Core Knowledge Foundation notes in the first sentence of her recent Education Week commentary, «The Common Core Needs a Common Curriculum,» the CCSS themselves clearly warn against this conflation (here): «[W] hile the standards make references to some particular forms of content,... they do not... enumerate all or even most of the content that students should learn.

While the Standards make references to some particular forms of content, including mythology, foundational U.S. documents, and Shakespeare, they do not — indeed, can not — enumerate all or even most of the content that students should learn.

One sample vignette asks candidates to determine what is «in the best interest of the particular student» in a case where a high - school senior failing a class asks the principal if he can drop the class, even though permitting the student to do so is «contrary to school policy.»

It can help educators personalize — not for its own sake or just because a student likes a particular topic — but so that students learn a solid foundation to participate civically and gain exposure to fields to build passions and even a career.

Yet the administration's position is much more radical, stating clearly that a «policy that is neutral on its face» and «administered in an even - handed manner» can still «result in unlawful discrimination» if it has a «disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

Parents in particular have been saying that the amount of time children spend in school, especially with afterschool programs, combined with the amount of homework given — as early as kindergarten — is leaving students with little time to run around, eat dinner with their families, or even get enough sleep.

The package included a «Dear Colleague» letter, issued jointly by DOE and DOJ, warning against intentional racial discrimination but also stating that schools unlawfully discriminate even «if a policy is neutral on its face — meaning that the policy itself does not mention race — and is administered in an evenhanded manner but has a disparate impact, i.e., a disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

This particular opportunity allowed students to experience the thorough preparation that is necessary for events of this size, which hit home even more when the food was devoured in less than an hour.

«I think the proof will be once we can get it in the hands of the teachers and students, even in the pilot phase, people will begin to see the power of this particular interface and the learning growth that isn't going to be incremental, but rather exponential,» Morrill said.

Furthermore, while the Standards make references to some particular forms of content, including mythology, foundational U.S. documents, and Shakespeare, they do not — indeed, can not — enumerate all or even most of the content that students should learn.

«If a particular child is having trouble with recognizing letter sounds, I can find that in the data, even if I haven't picked up on it in class,» says kindergarten teacher Justin Myles, who uses his insights to provide create differentiated lesson plans and personalize instruction for students.

We wanted to see if we could realize even greater results and opportunities for our Rocketeers, in particular, helping our older students grow into stronger independent learners.

So, a particular teacher won't necessarily be the best teacher to solve a particular problem, even though students are timetabled to be with that teacher.

So, you'll actually find that within a particular place that you have got everything from large spaces for didactic teaching (where a teacher stands at the front and teaches everybody), through to facilities for group work, through to breakaway spaces for groups of say 10 students to move, through to very quiet spots where two people can sit and work, and even through to almost retreat - type huddle spots where a person can go and work.

This suggests an alternative criterion by which to judge changes in student performance - namely, that achievement gains on test items that measure particular skills or understandings may be meaningful even if the student's overall test score does not fully generalize to other exams.

Even though it seemingly makes sense to look at individual gains attributable to particular teachers, this method is fundamentally flawed due to the nature of current state tests, as well as the methods used to assign students to teachers and other reasons.

The study found that students from particular demographics were even less likely to use a voucher: just over half (51 percent) of high school students awarded a voucher used it the next year, and only 63 % of students from «schools in need of improvement» (the target students for the program) who recieved a voucher used it the next year.

Project - based learning rubrics also give teachers clear documentation on the learning outcomes of each individual student, and can even be aligned to particular state learning standards to ensure that those standards are being met.

Even if professional learning planners agree on the student learning outcomes they want to accomplish, what works best in one context with a particular community of educators and a particular group of students might not work equally well in another context with different educators and different students.

:» [W] hile the standards make references to some particular forms of content,... they do not... enumerate all or even most of the content that students should learn.

Educators often presume that particular ways of thinking — like using metacognition — are universal, whereas many students don't automatically use or even understand such practices and skills unless they were raised in literacy - oriented homes.

How could the Special Day Class, in particular, have done so well and outperformed thousands of other students in the district on every exam — exams they were not even supposed to take?

We recommend that states adopt this particular definition for two critical reasons: first, it has a proven ability to identify students who are at very high risk of academic failure due to absences; and, second, using it will allow for comparisons across states and districts nationwide, even if the lengths of their school years differ.

Presenters will share inspiring examples of how their communities reduced chronic absence, even when it reached high levels in a school, district or particular student population.

Instead, the technology should help students contribute to class discussions and activities and even change the course of what happens in class on a particular day.

With older students in particular, truancy — meaning students who land in truancy court due to many unexcused absences — also remains a challenge because «sometimes parents don't even know that their child is absent so the work there is more with the individual student» rather than with the parents, says Conway.