Sentences with phrase «hardworking students often»

Research confirms that very talented, hardworking students often do poorly on standardized tests, whereas some superb test takers tend to think superficially and don't really understand why the right answers are right.

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Preserving the priceless moments and toothless smiles of young children, who often won't recall much of what occurs in their early years, is the admirable goal of the hardworking advisors, parents, and students who make these yearbooks a reality.

One main concern is reference bias, or the effect of survey respondents» reference points on their answers.37 Students, for example, attending competitive schools often rate themselves as having less self - control or as less hardworking because of their schools» rigorous expectations.38 Accordingly, some experts caution that using SEL to classify schools could ultimately punish high - performing schools while rewarding low - performing schools.39 Additionally, teachers may misinterpret behavior, erroneously rely on first impressions, or incorrectly equate their opinion of a student with the student's social - emotional skills.40

I challenge Kohn to show me the data that backs up his wild generalization that test scores from «very talented, hardworking students» are often lower than those of «some superb test takers [who] tend to think superficially.»