Schools pledge to use Summit's teaching model, which has three pillars: project - based learning
focused on cognitive skills; self - paced learning to mastery in content areas; and one - on - one mentoring to help students set and meet goals.
Notably, the first three of these five minds
focus on cognitive skills, but the final two — the respectful and ethical minds — focus on how people interact with and relate to others.
Not exact matches
«They are designed with a primary goal of engendering high levels of immersion, engagement, and enjoyment for the players, -LSB-...] They do not tend to
focus on one specific
cognitive skill, as exercises usually do, but rather expose players to multiple demands that challenge a broad range of abilities.»
Gross says
focusing on video games was as much about the science of tracking and collecting information about patients» vision, as it is about the psychology in having a testing format that appeals to a wide range of ages and
cognitive abilities — from children through elderly — regardless of reading or language
skills.
Authors John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the
skills needed to maintain healthy marriages, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: •
Focusing on intimacy and romance • Replacing an atmosphere of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation • Preventing postpartum depression • Creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as
cognitive and behavioral development for your baby Complete with exercises that separate the «master» from the «disaster» couples, this book helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.
The company's programs
focus on developing children's physical, communication, social, and
cognitive skills.
We've been very
focused on this narrow set of
cognitive skills that get measured
on standardized tests.
But in the book I do argue against the intense national
focus on standardized tests, which measure a fairly narrow range of
cognitive skills and turn out to be not very effective predictors of the educational goals that I think we should care about, especially college - graduation rates.
According to Au, further research will
focus on determining whether these brain structure findings translate into impact
on cognitive skills, such as problem solving, memory and language.
Participating in high intensity training once or twice a week while
focusing on maintaining
cognitive function and access to fine motor
skills will help to prepare for this experience in the field.
BCRC's
focus on non-tested
skills reflects mounting evidence that both
cognitive skills (e.g., processing speed, working memory, and fluid reasoning) and non-
cognitive (or social - emotional)
skills are critical to student success in school and later in life.
In other words, contrary to Tough's assertion that «we have been
focusing on the wrong
skills and abilities in our children» (what he calls «the
cognitive skills — the kind of intelligence that gets measured
on IQ tests, including the abilities to recognize letters and words»), it would appear, especially for the poor in our inner cities, that we have not been
focusing enough
on those
skills.
To make personalization even more effective, however, we can put a razor sharp
focus on thinking
skills,
cognitive development, lateral - thinking and planning via mind mapping tools, infographics and the wonderful world of visual intelligence.
* 4 POWERPOINTS * 18 READING / ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based
on Bloom's
cognitive levels) * 86 VIEWING QUESTIONS * 62 VIEWING / READING / LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS * 14
FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work) Credits and Opening Montage, Film Techniques, Brainstorming and Making Connections, Juxtaposition of Scenes, Connecting Allusions to Theme, Paintings and Significance, Symbols, TV Repairman, Significance of Name and Titles, Mural, Music * 4 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 2 FIVE - PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS * 1 AP STYLE PROMPT * 1 AP STYLE PASSAGE TEST (analysis / application of
skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ESSAY ANALYSIS
Might it not make sense to
focus on other social interventions that might have a more powerful effect
on students»
cognitive skills?
As I read, I kept feeling grateful to Paul Tough for having done this work — gathering the stories of kids like Keitha Jones, the traumatized Southside Chicago teen who reminded me so much of a handful of kids I've taught; connecting Keitha's experience to research
on neurochemistry and infant psychology, and situating these elements in both a socio - economic context and in the landscape of an education world
focused on developing children's
cognitive (and testable)
skills.
Collaborating with ones partner Many of the leaders Groysberg and Abrahams interviewed said how much they valued their partners emotional intelligence ~ task
focus ~ big - picture thinking ~ detail orientation in short ~ whatever
cognitive or behavioral
skills balanced out their own tendencies Partners can help them keep their eyes
on what matters ~ budget their time and energy ~ live healthfully ~ and make deliberate choices sometimes tough choices about work ~ travel ~ household management ~ and community involvement.
Networks of institutions and individuals could be created,
focusing the transformative nature of Global Citizenship Education, as defined by DEEEP: «Education for Global Citizenship is based
on an understanding of the purpose of education as going beyond the acquisition of knowledge and
cognitive skills, to transforming the way people think and act individually and collectively.»
Bloom's higher order
cognitive skills (analyze, evaluate, and create) are heavily
focused on critical thinking.
Currently, the dominant conversation about how to prepare students for a globally interdependent world
focuses mostly
on cognitive skills.
Most of the current research is at the granular, curricular level,
focusing on the particular
cognitive skills and there exists little by the way of international comparative case studies that looks at the processes by which a balance of
cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal
skills are developed in students.
In a separate report, a council of 28 scientists called
on schools to
focus on SEL, making the argument that student success is tied not only to academic ability and
cognitive skills (such as working memory and self - regulation) but also to emotional
skills (such as the ability to cope with frustration) and interpersonal
skills (including empathy and the ability to resolve conflict).
As evidence has mounted showing that failure is often determined by what happens in the toddler years, educators have converted kindergarten and preschool from «playful social experience to a more narrow educational opportunity
focused on so - called
cognitive and academic
skills.»
Year 7 students
focus on building their public speaking
skills through the four strands of the oracy framework: physical, linguistic,
cognitive, and emotional — a range that helps them decide
on tones of voice or body language that will help them effectively communicate their message.
Her current research within the Laboratories of
Cognitive Neuroscience
focuses on auditory and language processing in the human brain and its applications for the development of typical and atypical language and literacy
skills.
It's wise to
focus on one
skill set for each game at a time to avoid
cognitive overwhelm.
The
focus had previously been
on literacy and language
skills, but has widened to include broader
cognitive development, physical growth, and...
But they maintain that these interventions should
focus on noncognitive outcomes, such as social
skills, work habits, and motivation, which are more malleable at that age than
cognitive skills.
At BVP, our community prepares scholars for college with rigorous academic programming, support for social and emotional growth, and a
focus on the development of
cognitive and non-
cognitive skills.
From January to April, when delivering professional development to help close achievement gaps, in recent years we have
focused on strategies such as studying and test taking
skills, fluency, vocabulary development, writing and rewriting, and even for some students meta -
cognitive strategies to help them understand their own learning process.
The problem, he says, is that the intense emphasis
on standardized testing in recent years has pushed a lot of American schools to
focus almost exclusively
on academic
skills,
cognitive skills.
In too many classrooms, students and their teachers
focus so much attention
on the
cognitive elements of education that other life
skills are left behind.
The Common Core State Standards offer an opportunity to shift away from shallow test prep to a
focus on complex
cognitive skills.
Focus on key
cognitive skills.
Would reflection
on personal practice related directly to stages of adoption have helped faculty members and teachers move beyond activities
focusing on lower
cognitive skills?
Although the university faculty members and K - 12 teachers successfully modeled NETS - T Standards I, II, III, IV, and V many activities for learners
focused on lower
cognitive skills.
She went to her leadership team to tell them that the information she shared in APTT should be aligned to the early childhood classroom curriculum, where she
focuses on language and
cognitive skills instead of just traditional math and literacy
skills.
While other entrepreneurship programs
focus on skills, tasks, or routines that entrepreneurs might typically participate in, our work is
focused on making sure that all students have the opportunity to develop the key
cognitive skills before participation in other programs to help all students be entrepreneur - ready.
Tier three was to be the university, which was to
focus on liberal arts and develop
cognitive skills as opposed to vocational
skills.
Even if one
focuses only
on cognitive skills, different grades teach different content and different
skills.
Summit's Next Generation school model is designed to ensure that every student is prepared for success in college and career by
focusing on four elements of college readiness: Content Knowledge,
Cognitive Skills, Habits of Success, and Expeditions.
Elizabeth's research was primarily
focused on 21st century
skills, project based learning, and
cognitive teaching strategies.
This can reduce
cognitive load and allow students to
focus more squarely
on effective emailing
skills.71
This course
focused on both
cognitive and
skills based learning while providing the state - required minimum 6 hour behind the wheel training.
In this test, the
focus is
on leadership
skills, including both
cognitive abilities and unique personality traits.
Developed a new program within my district that
focused on the educational and social / emotional needs of students with lower
cognitive abilities that
focused on both academics and daily living
skills
• Highly experienced in creating and developing core preschool curriculums, aimed at meeting the individual needs of early childhood • Proven ability to tweak lesson plans to meet the requirements of each child, in accordance to his or her learning abilities and limitations • Demonstrated expertise in planning and implementing daily class activities to meet students» educational,
cognitive, social and developmental requirements • Deep insight into establishing a well - managed and child - oriented class atmosphere to encourage participation • Competent at organizing activities to provide students with detailed information to understand concepts taught in class • Proficient in organizing events and activities to encourage students to explore interests and develop talents • Adept at developing schedules and routines to ensure that students gain sufficient amount of physical activities • Qualified to teach young students through study aids and activities - based learning methods • Proven record of efficiently and accurately creating and maintaining students» records with great
focus on confidentiality • Effectively able to recognize signs of emotional and developmental problems and provide viable solutions •
Skilled in working with students with special needs by providing them with an environment conducive to learning and understanding of their limitations
• Comprehensive knowledge of childhood education, with special
focus on providing physical and
cognitive stimulation • Physically able to handle a high demanding job involving young children, with intense motivation to provide them with education to nurture their individual personalities • Able to develop and implement age - appropriate activities, designed to help children with school work • Adept at disciplining children in accordance to the methods meted out specifically by parents •
Skilled at preparing nutritionally beneficial food items for children, according to their ages and specific nutritional needs • Functional ability to handle children with special needs, with great insight into managing adverse situations and emergencies • Dynamic approach to managing children of different ages, background and cultures, with special
focus on developing their personalities for social integration • Able to assist in the mental and physical development of children by teaching basic social and
cognitive skills • Track record of building a safe, caring, nurturing and stimulating environment for children, designed to assist them in developing and thriving physically and emotionally
Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement
on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that
focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that
focused on problem solving
skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems,
cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.
Focusing on Blended Families and a Deeper Look at Trauma and Resilience Designed for Mediators and others Interested in deepening Their Personal Understanding Understanding Relational Conflict Theory and the Transformative Approach for Family Mediation, Negotiation and Communication Hands - On Conflict Intervention Skills Transformative How - To's Psychological, Emotional and Cognitive aspects of Separation, Divorce and Second Marriages The reorganization of Blended Families Psychological Considerations for Young, Adolescent and Young Adult Children Relationships and Identity: Heterosexual, Same Sex, Transgender Spousal / Partner Typologies Betrayal and Trauma.
on Blended Families and a Deeper Look at Trauma and Resilience Designed for Mediators and others Interested in deepening Their Personal Understanding Understanding Relational Conflict Theory and the Transformative Approach for Family Mediation, Negotiation and Communication Hands -
On Conflict Intervention Skills Transformative How - To's Psychological, Emotional and Cognitive aspects of Separation, Divorce and Second Marriages The reorganization of Blended Families Psychological Considerations for Young, Adolescent and Young Adult Children Relationships and Identity: Heterosexual, Same Sex, Transgender Spousal / Partner Typologies Betrayal and Trauma.
On Conflict Intervention
Skills Transformative How - To's Psychological, Emotional and
Cognitive aspects of Separation, Divorce and Second Marriages The reorganization of Blended Families Psychological Considerations for Young, Adolescent and Young Adult Children Relationships and Identity: Heterosexual, Same Sex, Transgender Spousal / Partner Typologies Betrayal and Trauma...