Sentences with phrase «focused on instruction as»

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At Global Opportunity Network, we focus on opportunities and we perceive the deal as a climate action instruction manual that can guide us for many years.

As a client, that means you can focus on the teacher's voice, the instruction, and close your eyes to work deeper in class.

If the Bible were clearer on exactly what we are and are not supposed to do, then the focus of Christianity would shift on to those instructions; much as Jewish focus zeroed in on the Torah.

By the time I had graduated, the field had become «one that maintains its interest in literary texts but explores all forms of aesthetic speech and that views performance as an art and recognizes its communicative potential and function» There were three challenges to those of us graduating with doctoral degrees in this discipline: 1) to locate which performances within art and / or culture we would focus our attention on as scholars and performers; 2) to interpret the core concepts generating from the cultural turn in our discipline to other studies of culture and human communication and 3) to develop «performance - centered» methods of research and instruction in whatever parts of the university we found ourselves.

Hi Rebekah, I would say that the colour of the soup is not the most important thing, if you follow the instructions for this recipe and the colour turns a bit different there is no need to worry, as you say it may depend on the red cabbage itself, but I would focus on the balance of the ingredients in this soup that makes it highly nutritious and its taste rather than a bit of variation in colour.

These include the two - day Good Food EXPO at Chicago's UIC Forum, held most recently on March 23 and 24, 2018; the Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference, a business - and - investment - focused gathering that will be held on June 19, 2018 as a stand - alone event for the first time, after formerly being part of the Good Food EXPO; the Good Food Accelerator, with its fourth cohort of competitively selected entrepreneur Fellows graduating on April 23, 2018 after receiving intensive instruction and connections to business leaders and investors; and our Farmer Training program, which has provided more than 14,500 farmers in 43 states with best - practices instruction in topics such as Wholesale Success, Direct Market Success and On - Farm Food Safeton March 23 and 24, 2018; the Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference, a business - and - investment - focused gathering that will be held on June 19, 2018 as a stand - alone event for the first time, after formerly being part of the Good Food EXPO; the Good Food Accelerator, with its fourth cohort of competitively selected entrepreneur Fellows graduating on April 23, 2018 after receiving intensive instruction and connections to business leaders and investors; and our Farmer Training program, which has provided more than 14,500 farmers in 43 states with best - practices instruction in topics such as Wholesale Success, Direct Market Success and On - Farm Food Safeton June 19, 2018 as a stand - alone event for the first time, after formerly being part of the Good Food EXPO; the Good Food Accelerator, with its fourth cohort of competitively selected entrepreneur Fellows graduating on April 23, 2018 after receiving intensive instruction and connections to business leaders and investors; and our Farmer Training program, which has provided more than 14,500 farmers in 43 states with best - practices instruction in topics such as Wholesale Success, Direct Market Success and On - Farm Food Safeton April 23, 2018 after receiving intensive instruction and connections to business leaders and investors; and our Farmer Training program, which has provided more than 14,500 farmers in 43 states with best - practices instruction in topics such as Wholesale Success, Direct Market Success and On - Farm Food SafetOn - Farm Food Safety.

The average fifth - grade student received five times as much instruction in basic skills as instruction focused on problem - solving or reasoning, Pianta and his coauthors reported; in first and third grades, the ratio was ten to one.

«In our review of research, we did find some support across several studies both for using English as the language of instruction and for incorporating the home language into strategies that focused on language and literacy,» said Buysse.

The researchers found educators connecting within and between schools to focus on central goals as they shifted from monolingual to bilingual instruction.

Mayer discussed the implications of this research for policymakers, claiming that there is a place for small games that focus on well - specified learning objectives, become more challenging as students learn, and fit within existing educational programs to supplement, complement, and / or extend traditional instruction rather than replace it.

The COREMatters Project is a multi-dimensional classroom experience focusing on social emotional learning, empathy and respect building instruction utilizing cooperative learning activities, role playing, classroom discussions, individual work, as well as physical activities.

Anapanasati Sutra is a «Breath - Mindfulness Discourse» that details the Buddha's instruction on using the breath as an insightful focus for meditation...

«Directing Off Camera» (3:46, SD) focuses on Levy's off - camera instructions to the actors, using as an example Carell and Fey's strip - club dance, while «Steve and Tina Camera Tests» (3:10, SD) shows the stars in costume for a photo shoot.

I'm going to focus on the development of students» academic discourse as a high - leverage instructional practice that contributes to deeper learning, one in which our urban students need particular explicit instruction.

Collins: While we acknowledge the need for improved science instruction at all grade levels, as our resources are limited, KSTF has made the conscious decision to focus on high - school teaching.

So the author focuses on how teachers can improve upon their language arts instruction while using their basal reading program as a starting point.

The instruction also maintains a sustained focus on producing oral and written language, such as generating extended research projects or essays, and engaging in academic discussion.

«It used to be that instruction focused on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division,» says Heigham, who has also served as a math coach and school principal.

While the rationale is perhaps a bit misguided (some evidence suggests that our students already experience as much instructional time as their peers ~ and other research confirms that teachers in the United States spend more time on instruction than teachers in other nations do) ~ there are certainly reasons to focus on the issue ~ not least of which is the summer learning loss that disproportionately impacts our nations most disadvantaged youth.

As more classroom management functionality becomes automated, this frees up time for teachers to spend more of their skills and mental energy on more important things for students and their learning; such as tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classeAs more classroom management functionality becomes automated, this frees up time for teachers to spend more of their skills and mental energy on more important things for students and their learning; such as tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classeas tailoring learning to student needs and focusing more on individual and small group instruction than on managing large classes.

Several principals who use PBIS told Education World that they were elated to see that when student behavior improved under the system and teachers had more time to focus on instruction, academic performance shot up as well.

Grier's focus in Houston, San Diego, and other districts has been on such goals as improving classroom instruction, aiming initiatives at likely dropouts, and getting more minority students to take Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

Although Riley's approach to turning around Lawrence has included several key reforms, such as the «implementation of a new curriculum, establishment of Acceleration Academies, and a focus on data - driven instruction,» creating a Match - style tutor corps with help from Match leaders was also a top priority.

There, teachers are trained to focus on preliteracy instruction, a combination of activities that explicitly emphasize the sound system of the language, such as rhyming, and other phonological challenges (for example, «What is the word «bus» without the «b» sound?»)

The GLC works to eliminate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom in aging populations; the district's curricular vision, says Shan Glandon, director of curriculum and instruction, is «to make learning as engaging and purposeful as we can,» focusing on integrating content with real - world ties.

A: As a result of standards - based reform and the assessments, we are more focused than ever before on the quality of instruction, but instruction isnâ $ ™ t the only thing.

In this situation, the coordinator functioned more as facilitator, understanding that success meant focusing on the people by first identifying students and their specific needs, then giving teachers the helm in developing strategic, quality instruction.

Still, as faculty chair of HISL, Peterkin knew that the weeklong institute — a Program in Professional Education focused on helping school district leadership teams develop the leadership skills and strategies necessary to build capacity and significantly improve instruction — was exactly what the Meridian School District educators needed.

For a 7th grader working at a 4th grade level, instruction focuses on 4th grade, attempting to lay the foundation so that as the student progresses, he has the fundamental understanding going forward.

The highest - performing charters are those that that have most fully embraced a «no excuses» approach to teaching and learning; have created strong school cultures based on explicit expectations for both academic achievement and behavior; have an intensive focus on literacy and numeracy as the first foundation for academic achievement; feature a relatively heavy reliance on direct instruction and differentiated grouping, especially in the early grades; and are increasingly focused on comprehensive student assessment systems.

Coded as «left - leaning» were course weeks that advocated concepts like social justice and multiculturalism, focused on inequality and race - based discrimination, emphasized notions of silenced voices and child - centered instruction, or were critical of testing and choice - based reform.

Outcomes Based Education (OBE), as promoted by Spady (1994), is focused on specifying what students should be able to do at the end of a given period of instruction — for example, an educational course or a traditional year - level curriculum.

AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional skills.

The three classes started to devise learning programs using Classmate PCs, while also focusing on skills like handwriting and spelling, which teachers and parents had identified as needing regular instruction and practice.

As a consultant I work with schools on systemic implementation of differentiated instruction, project - based learning, eliminating assessment and grade fog, and culture building — all with a focus on student voice.

Research conducted in a Year 6 class shows that when students are all focused on a common stimuli, such as explicit instruction, they show simultaneous changes in EDA.

This Focus On briefly reviews ways in which writing can be used as a tool to support content - area instruction while simultaneously helping students develop writing skills.

Brad Smith served as the Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction from November 2014 to February 2016, where he was focused on communication and collaboration.

No other professional development is as comprehensive or successful in addressing the five essential components of effective reading instruction, plus writing, with a focus on translating research to classroom application.

Students receiving solid instruction focused strongly on mathematical practice # 7 (looking for and making use of structure) are likely to be able to complete this problem more easily and efficiently than those who only learn to think about the problem as substituting each number individually and «checking if it works.»

When many unrelated skills are targeted simultaneously, the learning outcomes are not as strong as compared to instruction that focuses on one skill or a set of inter-related skills

Specifically, we've called for giving teachers tools to use assessments to inform instruction, minimizing test prep (which research suggests does not necessarily lead to increased test scores), focusing on student growth rather than absolute proficiency, and using test scores as only one measure among many in high - stakes decisions.

In some classrooms, writing instruction focuses almost exclusively on text transcription skills, such as handwriting and spelling, with few opportunities to compose meaningful, authentic text (e.g., Palinscar & Klenk, 1992).

Liu's research examines secondary and postsecondary classrooms as developmental settings and focuses on the role of effective instruction in building teacher - student relationships and supporting student outcomes.

Why are we not focusing more on collaborative learning as opposed to lecture and direct instruction?

As a research - based reading intervention solution, the program focuses on engaging and motivating students with age - appropriate instruction and content that includes real - world relevant, captivating Expedition themes and technology components that support and enhance instruction.

To help students succeed with questions measuring RI.6.1, instruction can focus on building students» ability to comprehend grade - level complex texts and identifying specific, relevant evidence that supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Even as the focus on foreign - language instruction up north and Down Under has waned recently in the wake of renewed attention to reading, mathematics, and science instruction, countries outside the United States where English is the primary language have more than a decade's head start in their language skills and public attitudes on the importance of language learning.

During his first five years as chief of Boston schools, Payzant focused the district on literacy instruction, creating a new team of literacy coaches who worked with classroom teachers in a small set of schools, using money freed up from an «audit» of professional development endeavors that revealed too many disparate efforts around the district.

First and foremost, under the leadership of curriculum and instruction specialist Aaron Grossman, implementation has focused on the right things — including building a coherent body of knowledge across and within grades (one of the broad «instructional shifts,» along with reading for evidence and a greater focus on complex and nonfiction text)-- that are easy to rally around and hard to dismiss as unimportant.