Sentences with phrase «help guide my observations»

Prior to the mandated use of scores, I used achievement results to help guide my observations, review teacher lesson plans and design professional development.

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Along with animal studies, these observations suggest that the balance of bacteria and other microbes help guide immune development — and that when the balance is disrupted, disease may follow.

But the humans didn't reward the birds for their help; in seven observations, they even went so far as to burn or bury the honeycomb, telling the researchers that they wanted to keep the birds «hungry» so the avian helpers would guide them to more hives.

Whatever the case, the false star should help guide further observation of the riddle at the center of our galaxy.

With an improved and more consistent form of observation and feedback, these aspiring leaders are better able to help guide teachers toward improved teaching methods.

Similarly, observation tasks were presented with guiding questions in order to highlight important elements that help the teacher candidates focus their observations.

The findings show that the external information the teacher candidates received through the selected readings and demos, as well as the carefully structured synchronized observations, helped greatly in enhancing their understanding of VS. Because teacher candidates have limited cognitive skills to help them make sense of their experiences (as described by Hudson, Bergin, & Chayst, 1993), it was necessary to structure the information gathering process so the teacher candidates could be carefully guided in their learning.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

Spencer and Braswell freely admit that using their simple model is just the first step in a complicated diagnosis, but also point out that the results from simple models provide insight that should help guide the development of more complex models, and ultimately could help unravel some of the mystery as to why full climate models produce high estimates of the earth's equilibrium climate sensitivity, while estimates based in real - world observations are much lower.

As the therapist guides the child in play therapy, the therapist is able to provide observations, reflections about the child's feelings (statements, not questions), and interpretations to help children make sense of confusing life circumstances such as a parent's divorce, grief and loss, adjustment issues, trauma, etc..