Related to the first theory of «high expectations,»
we find students assigned to a teacher who shares their race and gender are more likely to say their teacher pushes them to work hard, requires them to explain their answers, not to give up when the work gets hard, and accepts nothing less than their full effort.
Not exact matches
The editorials,
assigned by UNC English
teacher Moira Marquis, asked
students to research a contemporary social issue for young adults and share their
findings.
Across all four districts, which together serve more than 465,000
students, the researchers
found new elementary
teachers were
assigned students who had performed.1
to.3 of a standard deviation below their peers who were
assigned to teachers with four years of experience or more — meaning that these
students were about three
to nine months of schooling behind their classmates.
In addition, great work by Gema and Albert Cheng has
found that
student effort can actually be changed when
students are randomly
assigned to different
teachers who themselves possess different character skills.
This effect is similar in size
to those
found in evaluations of primary - school inputs» impacts on postsecondary outcomes, such as being
assigned to a
teacher who is particularly effective in raising
student test scores.
We
found no evidence, however, that the
teachers to whom
students in the G&T program were
assigned were any more effective, as measured by their impact on
student test scores.
To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004
To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account
students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been
assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004
to a small class; and whether they were
assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004
to a
teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data
found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004
to have a large positive effect on
student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004).
Instead of the instructor or
teacher providing the content
to teach a concept, simply teach the concept and
assign students the task of
finding the resources that best explain or exemplify the content.
Not surprisingly, parent socioeconomic status is strongly predictive of
student test scores, and, looking at simple correlations, we
find that less - advantaged
students do tend
to be
assigned to teachers with lower VA measures.
When
assigned parts of speech are
to be incorporated into drafts,
Find and Replace can be used
to highlight the work for coaching by
teachers, and critique discussions among
students.
But the Gates study
found that
teachers who were highly rated with their regular classes performed equally well when
students were randomly
assigned to them the following year.
A study by Brian Kisida, Anna Egalite, and Marcus Winters that was published in the Economics of Education Review last year
found that black, white, and Asian
students benefit from being
assigned to a
teacher of the same ethnicity as them, and that elementary - aged black
students and lower - performing
students seem
to particularly benefit from having a demographically - similar
teacher.
After randomly
assigning the high value - added
teachers to a subset of the volunteer schools, they
found that
student achievement rose in elementary schools, but not in middle schools.
We also
find large effects for black male
students assigned to black male
teachers.
Now into my second year as a blended - learning history
teacher — meaning I have a group of
students in my classroom every other day,
assigning them
to work online, at home, on the «off» days — I've
found the scary parts less frightening than most fear, with far greater benefits than I expected....
[11] Another study randomly
assigned students to teachers and
found that selection bias was only a small problem, although there is debate about the interpretation of this result.
Teachers of grades K - 3 spelling can access Dolch and Fry sight words, while teachers of grades 4 and on can find increasingly complex compound words to assign to s
Teachers of grades K - 3 spelling can access Dolch and Fry sight words, while
teachers of grades 4 and on can find increasingly complex compound words to assign to s
teachers of grades 4 and on can
find increasingly complex compound words
to assign to students.
Sanders discovered that
teacher quality varied greatly in every school, and he and others also
found that
students assigned to good
teachers for three consecutive years tended
to make great strides, while those
assigned to three poor ones in a row usually fell way behind.
All too often, we
find teachers in the classroom using valuable classroom time calling words out
to students for spelling tests or
assigning and grading worksheets and quizzes.
For example, one recent study
found that low - income black male
students were 39 percent less likely
to drop out by high school if they were
assigned to a black
teacher in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade (Gershenson et al., 2017).
Second, we
find that more effective schools
assign novice
teachers to students in a more equitable fashion.
posters, when we
find teachers assigning preachy stories and principals telling
students what
to wear, it is important that we understand what is going on.
This study also
found that
teachers who perceived the lack of computers and time for
students to use them as barriers were less likely than others
to assign students to use computers or the Internet for instructional activities.
A 2010 state report
found districts that serve disadvantaged
students are more likely
to draw young, inexperienced
teachers assigned subjects in which they had little training.
Historically (and as researchers from Stanford University recently documented in one city, echoing
findings from many previous studies), school systems have tended
to assign teachers with the least experience
to work with the
students who need the most help, while
assigning the most well - regarded veterans
to work with the strongest
students.
However, the research supporting this
finding is based on studies in which
teachers were randomly
assigned to students within the same school, mainly within elementary schools, while most value - added systems compare
teachers in different schools.
The researchers
found that
students assigned to high value - added
teachers had higher educational attainment, earnings, and wealth as adults.
Finally, we
find little evidence that
students assigned to middle school
teachers with higher basic - skills test scores are more likely
to take advanced math and science courses in high school.
We
find some significant gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged
students in the value added of the
teachers to which they are
assigned in these grades, although gaps in middle school grades are sensitive
to the specification of value added.
Research
finds that disadvantaged
students are more likely
to be
assigned to less - effective
teachers.
However, researchers
found that observational bias also exists, as akin
to value - added bias, whereas
teachers who are non-randomly
assigned students who enter their classrooms with higher levels of prior achievement tend
to get higher observational scores than
teachers non-randomly
assigned students entering their classrooms with lower levels of prior achievement.