Sentences with phrase «foster learner independence»

The participants will walk away with the knowledge of how to promote democratic practice within the classroom and incorporate individual project work to foster learner independence and responsibility.

Designing activities that foster learner independence is essential because they invite students to engage more thoughtfully with the content — and that engagement should include students talking about their work.

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Applying these principles has been shown to increase collaboration, foster greater learner independence, increase learner engagement, and promote healthy competition among employees.

First, when it comes to articulated beliefs about what constitutes appropriate instruction for early adolescents, both groups are proponents of instruction that: (1) is theme based, (2) is interdisciplinary, (3) fosters student self - direction and independence, (4) promotes self - understanding, (5) incorporates basic skills, (6) is relevant to the learner and thus based on study of significant problems, (7) is student - centered, (8) promotes student discovery, (9) values group interaction, (10) is built upon student interest, (11) encourages critical and creative exploration of ideas, and (12) promotes student self - evaluation (e.g., Currier, 1986; Kaplan, 1979; Maker & Nielson, 1995; Stevenson, 1992).

Even though my classroom is primarily built upon structures that foster independence, it's still a shift for me to scale back the responsibility for student learning from me as their teacher and place it with them as the learners.