The result is a comprehensive and accessible guide for
improving student learning based on the best the research world has to offer.
Not exact matches
Students will
learn about the work that The Oficina Escola de Lutheria da Amazônia (OELA), the Rainforest Alliance's Brazil -
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improve their lives while ensuring the long - term health of the forest.
If your school wants practical, research -
based solutions to
improve student health and increase motivation and
learning, we are here to help.
We provide in - person and web -
based education and resources for teachers,
students, and the general public — all designed to
improve science teaching and
learning, while promoting science skills and literacy, and general understanding of clinical and basic biomedical research.
For years, we had stuck hard and fast to a sensible, winnable, and research -
based strategy:
improve student learning.
Incorporating a rigorous form of project -
based learning can be an important strategy for
improving student learning and engagement in advanced courses.
In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to
improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online
learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency -
based university that charges only $ 199 per month for
students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online
students and a comparative one of
students enrolled in a blended -
learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and
student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.
Adopting what are becoming tried - and - true blended -
learning models (yes, I know it still may be too soon to use that phrase for blended
learning, but I just did it) to individualize
learning for
students and
improve teachers» lives is better than remaining stuck in a failed factory -
based model of schooling, even if the model is not the most innovative thing ever that pushes the blended -
learning field forward for
students.
The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to
improving the pre-K — 12
learning process through innovative, replicable, and evidence -
based programs and practices that prepare
students to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives.
Another crucial element of successful problem -
based learning is using authentic assessment throughout all stages of a unit to constantly evaluate and
improve student learning.
In Boston, MCAS is an important part of a seamless standards -
based reform effort that includes clear expectations for what
students should
learn, curriculum aligned with the standards, high - quality instruction and professional development to help teachers
improve their practice, and assessments that provide
students with a way to demonstrate what they have
learned and how they can apply it.
PBL Research Review: Studies have proven that when implemented well, project -
based learning (PBL) can increase retention of content and
improve students» attitudes toward
learning, among other benefits.
The Science Teachers
Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) project is a professional - development program that uses video - based analysis of practice to improve teacher and student learning at the upper elementar
Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) project is a professional - development program that uses video -
based analysis of practice to
improve teacher and
student learning at the upper elementar
learning at the upper elementary level.
Studies have proven that when implemented well, project -
based learning (PBL) can increase retention of content and
improve students» attitudes towards
learning, among other benefits.
The aim is to identify promising school -
based initiatives that build social and emotional
learning and resilience skills in Victorian
students, and which also
improve academic achievement.
Moving forward, many school teams say they will use what they
learned from the course and continue to meet on a regular
basis to look at data through a different lens — how teachers can change teaching practice to
improve student outcomes.
Given the extensive role of text -
based instruction in education, these findings have potential to
improve student learning.
«Integrating 21st - century skills into teaching and assessment... is not only an economic imperative, driven by changes in the workforce, but a vital aspect of
improving student learning,» says «Measuring Skills for the 21st Century,» a white paper scheduled for release Nov. 10 by the Washington -
based think tank Education...
Rachel Tompkins is president of the Rural School and Community Trust, a nonprofit educational organization «dedicated to
improving student learning and community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging
students in community -
based public work.»
The existence of an orderly
learning environment throughout the school — established through positive rather than negative means, whereby there are high levels of teacher consistency about how it is «enforced» and structures in place to ensure that all
students are known well by at least one adult in the school — is a fundamental precondition for
improved teaching and
learning to occur on which the subsequent improvement in
student learning outcomes can be
based.
The «performance -
based» pay experiments in places like Denver, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Douglas County, Colorado, turn out to be linked primarily to supervisor or peer judgments, not to a teacher's track record in
improving student learning.
On Top of the News City Ends Teacher Performance Bonuses New York Daily News 07/18/11 Behind the Headline Does Whole - School Performance Pay
Improve Student Learning Education Next Spring 2011 New York City has officially ended a three - year, $ 56 million program that awarded bonuses to teachers
based on schoolwide performance.
The George Lucas Educational Foundation is dedicated to
improving the K - 12
learning process by documenting, disseminating, and advocating for innovative, replicable, and evidence -
based strategies that prepare
students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives.
When compared to more traditional methods where
students passively receive information from a teacher, cooperative, problem -
based learning has been shown to
improve student engagement and retention of classroom material (Prince, 2004).
A 2005 NCREL report draft (which we received special permission to cite for this article) finds «new evidence supporting the apparent effectiveness of online programs and schools and generally demonstrating the potential of online
learning as a promising instructional intervention that can, when implemented judiciously, and with attention to «evidence -
based» practices, apparently
improve student academic performance.»
PPT
based on giving advice to
students to
improve + 2
learning mats which I adapted after finding them on TES
This research aims to understand the biological
basis for
learning in the naturalistic classroom setting, which, in the future, Kelsey hopes will
improve the experiences of
students in school.
Has test -
based accountability helped
improve student learning?
• Technology -
based behavioral interventions — like nudging a
student to register for a course — produce consistently
improved learning outcomes.
The system encourages
students to
improve their educational levels thanks to a coherent
learning system
based on real world applications.
Findings suggest that problem -
based instruction can
improve student learning if instructors are well trained in both the PBL technique and economics.
Florida Virtual School also created the first - ever full online video - game
based course called Conspiracy Code — initially an American History course — for which it did rigorous research to
learn how it
improved student outcomes and for which
students and teachers it worked best.
To be recognized, schools and districts demonstrate that their professional development programs result in
improved teacher effectiveness and
student learning and are consistent with a set of principles for professional development that are
based on the best available research and exemplary practice.
A 1999 study by the Center for Research in Educational Policy at the University of Memphis and University of Tennessee at Knoxville found that
students using the Co-nect program, which emphasizes project -
based learning and technology,
improved test scores in all subject areas over a two - year period on the Tennessee Value - Added Assessment System.
A growing body of academic research supports the use of project -
based learning in schools as a way to engage
students, cut absenteeism, boost cooperative
learning skills, and
improve test scores.
Leadership is one of
Learning Forward's seven Standards for Professional Learning — evidence - based standards that outline the characteristics of professional learning that lead to effective teaching practices and improved student l
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based standards that outline the characteristics of professional
learning that lead to effective teaching practices and improved student l
learning that lead to effective teaching practices and
improved student learninglearning.
Project -
Based Learning In project - based learning, students work in teams to explore real - world problems, leading to a deeper knowledge of subject matter, greater motivation, and improved research and problem - solving sk
Based Learning In project - based learning, students work in teams to explore real - world problems, leading to a deeper knowledge of subject matter, greater motivation, and improved research and problem - solving
Learning In project -
based learning, students work in teams to explore real - world problems, leading to a deeper knowledge of subject matter, greater motivation, and improved research and problem - solving sk
based learning, students work in teams to explore real - world problems, leading to a deeper knowledge of subject matter, greater motivation, and improved research and problem - solving
learning,
students work in teams to explore real - world problems, leading to a deeper knowledge of subject matter, greater motivation, and
improved research and problem - solving skills.
For example, within a community - or service -
based learning experience,
students may plan and conduct a project that
improves their local community or helps the people in it, but they may also do other activities that are not part of a project.
That suite includes «public and private school choice,» which would be «a catalyst to
improve the system»; better teacher training and evaluation; school evaluations
based on
student performance; and more digital
learning.
In communities across the nation, faith -
based organizations (FBOs) provide out - of - school
learning programs designed to help
students attain
improved education outcomes, and faith -
based leaders use their voices to advocate on behalf of the needs of the
students and families they serve.
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.
Studies comparing
learning outcomes for
students taught via project -
based learning versus traditional instruction show that when implemented well, PBL increases long - term retention of content, helps
students perform as well as or better than traditional learners in high - stakes tests,
improves problem - solving and collaboration skills, and
improves students» attitudes towards
learning (Strobel & van Barneveld, 2009; Walker & Leary, 2009).
This meta - analysis of social and emotional
learning interventions (including 213 school -
based SEL programs and 270,000
students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional
learning interventions had the following effects on
students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression,
improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.),
improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and
improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).
Rachel is dedicated to
improving student outcomes and teacher effectiveness through evidence -
based best practice, collaboration and professional
learning.
If the authors of the above article want to really help teachers differentiate their programs to
improve learning outcomes for every
student, offer practical, evidence -
based suggestions focusing on the «how».
If the curriculum makes clear what all
students are to be taught and should
learn by particular times in their schooling, for example, by the end of Year 6, and if all teachers and
students are held accountable for meeting these time -
based expectations, then overall levels of achievement should
improve.
The review panel heard that the fundamentals for supporting all
students do not change and personalised
learning and teaching
based on each child's
learning needs, is effective at
improving educational outcomes.
Teachers who are designing inquiry -
based learning for their
students take the essential feedback from failure and make sure there are multiple opportunities for
students to
improve.
Supporters of project -
based learning say the strategy benefits
students by helping them develop a deeper knowledge of subject matter, increasing their self - direction and motivation, and
improving their research and problem - solving skills.
Join this webinar to
learn about: •
Improving quality of life for
students and educators through blended
learning • Stretching existing or limited resources and staff • Adding project -
based learning and authentic assessments into classrooms • Selecting the right
learning management system and online curriculum • Keeping pace with global evolutions in technology and education • Maintaining the human element in face - to - face and online course work