Sentences with phrase «greater effect on student»

More Americans believe that having teachers spend more time learning new ways to teach would have a greater effect on student learning than having students spend more time in school.

Furthermore, establishing a culture of professional learning, as identified by the actions in Factor 1, appears to have greater effect on student outcomes in elementary schools than it does in secondary schools.

However, not long ago, a study by the Brookings Institution's Russ Whitehurst demonstrated that curriculum has an even greater effect on student outcomes than most popular policy levers, including charter schools, teacher quality, preschool programs, and even standards themselves.

Of the three alternative certification pathways studied, teachers who enter through the path requiring no coursework in education have the greatest effect on student achievement, substantially larger than that of traditionally prepared teachers.

When feedback is focused on the goal and is informative and actionable, then as Hattie explains, the greatest effect on student learning occurs when the teacher becomes aware of their own effect on learning.

While the effects that math and English teachers have on students» test scores in the year that they have them similarly persists in their own subject in subsequent years, the gains in English scores due to English teachers have far greater effects on students» subsequent math performance than the gains in math scores due to math teachers have on students» subsequent English performance.

Most of the researchers examining the effects of teachers on student test performance have concluded that math teachers have a greater effect on students» performance on math exams than English language arts teachers have on students» performance on English exams.

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The effect of the issue on non-students rather than students will probably have greater electoral implications.

Because students from disadvantaged backgrounds are likely to be more affected by a change in peer groups through day - to - day interaction with academically inclined peers and academic groups, there may be a greater effect of university education on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Although this analysis does not consider the possibility that a greater concentration of high - risk students could have adverse effects on other students, it nonetheless highlights the likely beneficial consequences of giving preference to disadvantaged students in the admissions process for oversubscribed schools.

Commentary on «Great Teaching: Measuring its effects on students» future earnings» By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff have carried out a remarkable study, but I suspect it will be misinterpreted.

Commentary on «Great Teaching: Measuring its effects on students» future earnings» By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff The new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether high - value - added teachers (i.e., teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer - term impacts on students, as reflected in college attendance, earnings, -LSB-...]

If the skeptics are right, Wood writes, Common Core «will damage the quality of K — 12 education for many students; strip parents and local communities of meaningful influence over school curricula; centralize a great deal of power in the hands of federal bureaucrats and private interests; push for the aggregation and use of large amounts of personal data on students without the consent of parents; usher in an era of even more abundant and more intrusive standardized testing; and absorb enormous sums of public funding that could be spent to better effect on other aspects of education.»

This raises the possibility that the measured effects of attending a charter high school on educational attainment could simply reflect advantages of grouping middle and high school grades together, thereby creating greater continuity for students and eliminating the disruption often associated with changing schools.

The researchers point out that this raises the possibility that the positive effects of attending a charter high school on educational attainment could simply reflect advantages of grouping middle and high school grades together, thereby creating greater continuity for students and eliminating the disruption often associated with changing schools.

Comments from some recent users of this book should help convince you to buy it: As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes Worth every dime Every student in my class has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research Surely this is the best book in its field First class I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight Blows you away with its power and simplicity Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

The effects on academic achievement are greatest for students from higher income families, while the effects on behavior are more pronounced on students who are less well - off.

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

In order to determine the effect of scholarship - induced private school competition on public school performance, we examine whether students in schools that face a greater threat of losing students to private schools as a result of the introduction of tax - credit funded scholarships improve their test scores more than do students in schools that face a less - pronounced threat.

Given a half - century of failure from school reform, great priority should be given to the further study of the effects of school choice in empowering parents over educators and school boards and its effects on advancing student achievement and parent satisfaction.

(Although TFA corps members» effect on students» reading scores is not as great, the payoff to experience is also considerably lower in reading achievement.)

In addition to the general knowledge these experiences convey, the research I've done with others at the University of Arkansas on the effects of field trips to art museums and to see live theater suggests that these culturally enriching experiences change student values to promote greater tolerance and empathy.

Performance metrics tied directly to student test - score growth are appealing because although schools and teachers differ dramatically in their effects on student achievement, researchers have had great difficulty linking these performance differences to characteristics that are easily observed and measured.

Commentary on «Great Teaching: Measuring its effects on students» future earnings» By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff

And since charter schools enroll far fewer students than district - run public schools, the positive impact on charters should be greater than the negative effect on district schools, where the loss of income will be more broadly distributed.

A meta - analysis (including 74 rigorous studies and over 56,000 K - 12 students) found that mathematics computer applications produce a small but positive effect on mathematics achievement, and, specifically, programs that supplement traditional math instruction with additional instruction at students» individualized assessed levels of need showed greater effects on math achievement.

Every student I ever met had an inner drive to gain acceptance, recognition, and love; and how they met those needs had a great effect on the rest of their lives.

As well, CT showed larger effects on the mathematics achievement of special need students than that of general education students, the positive effect of CT was greater when combined with a constructivist approach to teaching than with a traditional approach to teaching, and studies that used non-standardized tests as measures of mathematics achievement reported larger effects of CT than studies that used standardized tests.

That is, good English teachers — those with the greatest long - run effect on students — affect not only test performance in English but also behaviors such as skipping school.

The study has received a great deal of attention, in part because it is one of the few evaluations of school resources based on random assignment of students to test policy effects while controlling for other conditions, a method that is generally thought to be a high - quality research design.

When educators had the chance to practice their new content knowledge and teaching skills with hands - on work, they reported a greater sense of efficacy, which, as we know from the Visible Learning research by John Hattie, has the largest effect on student achievement.

With a focus on developing teachers in the classroom, the new Marzano Causal Teacher Evaluation Model establishes the direct cause and effect relationship between teaching strategies and student achievement that helps teachers and leaders make the most informed decisions that yield the greatest benefits to students.

Using information from Chetty et al's results and Gormley et al's results, I calculate that in Tulsa, the predicted effect of pre-k on adult earnings would be about one - fifth greater in dollars for reduced price lunch students than for free lunch students, and the predicted effect on adult earnings would be about one - fifth less in dollars for full price lunch students than for free lunch students.

At the same time, however, research is demonstrating the powerful effect that teachers can have on student learning and illuminating the ways in which great teaching is more important than ever before.

Based on scores in nationally standardized tests (fourth grade reading and math and eighth grade reading and math), greater union membership of educators tends to have a positive impact on student test scores while larger class sizes tend to have a negative effect.

«Programs of enrichment and acceleration, which usually involve the greatest amounts of curricular adjustment, have the largest effects on student learning.

The answer may be explained through a comment from John Hattie (2015), «The greatest influence on student progression in learning is having highly expert, inspired and passionate teachers and school leaders working together to maximize the effect of their teaching on all students in their care.»

Since Hattie's (2009) review of effect sizes on student outcomes, with feedback (0.73) in the top 10, marking has begun to receive greater attention from teachers and policymakers.

The study looked at four autonomous schools in Australia and found the greater level of independence enjoyed by the school had a positive effect on students» results.

The effect of the teacher on student achievement has been shown to be greater than

It is our view that the adoption of a wide range of research methodologies, both within and across studies, offers greater opportunity to fathom the complexities of learning to teach and the effects of various forms of support on both teacher and student learning.

Hands - on resources can be used to great effect in order to equip students with the skills and knowledge to ensure they are prepared and ready to be globally competitive in the workplace of tomorrow.

«We know that teachers are the most important factor within a school and that keeping great ones in the classroom can have an immediate and profound effect on students,» Myrna Castrejón, GPSN's executive director, said in a news release.

Defining and organizing high - impact teacher - leader roles can allow great teachers to have a far greater effect on vastly more students and teaching peers.

The authors conclude, «The strong positive effects of restructuring — which appear to be broad, rather than focused on the lowest - performing students — indicate that school management or leadership problems constitute the single greatest obstacle to improved student performance.

FACT: Schools with consistent usage among teachers have the greatest effect on transforming student behavior trends.

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«We know that teachers are the most important factor within a school and that keeping great ones in the classroom can have an immediate and profound effect on students,» said Myrna Castrejón, Executive Director for GPSN.

Teachers are the most important factor within a school and keeping great ones in the classroom has an immediate and profound effect on students and the community.

«We know that teachers are the most important factor within a school, and that keeping great ones in the classroom can have an immediate and profound effect on students,» Castrejón said.