Sentences with phrase «in the classroom context as»

And, when research uses standardized tests to measure homework's impact, she continued, it is difficult to gauge how much of the overall improvement or decline in test scores is due to student learning in the classroom context as opposed to student learning from homework.

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As her report put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.&raquAs her report put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.&raquas a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.&raquas persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.»

It showed that many instructors perceive barriers, such as lack of training or context of the coursework, that cause them to avoid talking about evolution and religion in the classroom.

In this context, the responsibility of schools is to ensure high quality assessment of classroom practice as part of accreditation and registration as well as developing a growing understanding of the use of classroom observation and feedback as key tools for improving the quality of teaching and learning practice for individual teachers, teams and schools.

Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge in context, which can help students remember it, especially if the students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing, students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount of effort involved in learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.

In the typical mathematics classroom, especially in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problemIn the typical mathematics classroom, especially in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problemin the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problems.

Undoubtedly, life skills such as having compassion for others, leadership, communication, responsibility and teamwork can be taught in the classroom, however, it is arguably outside the four walls where these skills are really put into context and developed on a deeper level.

Microsoft has announced Classroom which brings Office 365's traditional applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote together in the context of the classroom while allowing for the organisation of class materials via OneNote Class Notebook.

Just as professionals in medicine, architecture, and law have opportunities to learn through examining case studies, learning best practices, and participating in internships, exemplary teacher - preparation programs allow teacher candidates the time to apply their learning of theory in the context of teaching in a real classroom.»

As citizens of the world, students in today's classrooms seek global contexts for learning.

That is, «understanding» can be defined as the ability to apply a new concept in a non-textbook or classroom context; use a concept to make sense of complex, real - world situations; or express a concept in a meaningful way to others.

Alternative methods such as positive reinforcement, understanding negative behavior in context and training of our children's educators is proving to be much more effective in managing the classroom.

But what might seem reasonable in the context of an initial reaction will appear to be downright reactionary as the benefits of one - to - one computing make themselves known in and out of the classroom.

«For me the reason for encouraging learning outside the classroom as a key philosophy is that it enables students to apply their learning in different and real contexts and to broaden their horizons and aspirations for their future lives.

We tend to think of K — 12 schools as collections of classrooms and administrative areas, but I would define learning environments as both physical and virtual, and encompassing the different contexts and cultures in which students learn.

Think of academic language as the verbal clothing that we don in classrooms and other formal contexts to demonstrate cognition within cultures and to signal college readiness.

It's not that they're, let's say, may be categorised as low performing in maths, it's that they're particularly struggling with proportional reasoning — and if we know that then we can provide particular targeted support to those students that might need that, in the context of a classroom.

Jo Earp: Tim's main research interest at the moment is Computer Science education, so I started by asking him to take me back to his time at school and explain what «computer science» looked like in a classroom context and how he got involved as a youngster.

Using digital classroom strategies such as storytelling, team activities, competition, and gamification, this course is designed to facilitate participant engagement, interaction, and provide an introduction to how to teach and learn online in a K - 12 context.

The proper approach, as Rothstein notes, is not to ask whether all these measures correlate with each other or over time or across classrooms, but whether they lead to various types of better student outcomes in a high - stakes, real life context.

It doesn't mean that the strategy as done in that particular context works perfectly in your context as a classroom teacher, or your school, or your district.

We trained ourselves as observers to reliably document instruction in the lessons we observed based on our modification of Newmann «s assessment of authentic instruction.313 We recorded what we saw and heard on an observation form that included two main sections: 1) basic information about the context, details of the lesson, how class time was used, how students were organized for instruction and learning, the kinds of technology used during the lesson, and a description of any positive or negative features in the classroom; and 2) assessments of instruction using four of Newmann's five standards of authentic instruction: higher order thinking, deep knowledge, substantive conversation, and connection to the world beyond the classroom.

Context of use Students used RCE as one source from a host of possible sources they were encouraged to draw upon in the course, including (but not limited to) classroom observations, readings, personal experiences, past careers, and video.

Accordingly, and also per the research, this is not getting much better in that, as per the authors of this article as well as many other scholars, (1) «the variance in value - added scores that can be attributed to teacher performance rarely exceeds 10 percent; (2) in many ways «gross» measurement errors that in many ways come, first, from the tests being used to calculate value - added; (3) the restricted ranges in teacher effectiveness scores also given these test scores and their limited stretch, and depth, and instructional insensitivity — this was also at the heart of a recent post whereas in what demonstrated that «the entire range from the 15th percentile of effectiveness to the 85th percentile of [teacher] effectiveness [using the EVAAS] cover [ed] approximately 3.5 raw score points [given the tests used to measure value - added];» (4) context or student, family, school, and community background effects that simply can not be controlled for, or factored out; (5) especially at the classroom / teacher level when students are not randomly assigned to classrooms (and teachers assigned to teach those classrooms)... although this will likely never happen for the sake of improving the sophistication and rigor of the value - added model over students» «best interests.»

Once parents could see suspension rates and academic proficiency rates, there was context for parents who previously believed their children were the only ones seen as «the problem» in the classroom.

As the consumption - based model of technology integration transitions to a participatory approach and technology transitions from a tool for accessing information to a tool to (a) support student authoring and creativity, (b) facilitate collaboration, communication, and social learning, (c) allow for more efficient organization and accumulation of resources, (d) provide venues for student voices through publication and sharing, and (e) support student immersion in learning environments, educators also transition from «extending learning beyond what could be done without technology» (Mason et al., 2000) to «use technologies to promote effective student learning» (Hicks et al., 2014) In the revisioning of the first principle, the authors did a commendable job of affording increased value to range of tools, methods, content, abilities, and varied contexts of social studies classroomin learning environments, educators also transition from «extending learning beyond what could be done without technology» (Mason et al., 2000) to «use technologies to promote effective student learning» (Hicks et al., 2014) In the revisioning of the first principle, the authors did a commendable job of affording increased value to range of tools, methods, content, abilities, and varied contexts of social studies classroomIn the revisioning of the first principle, the authors did a commendable job of affording increased value to range of tools, methods, content, abilities, and varied contexts of social studies classrooms.

The paraprofessional works within the context of the classroom teacher's lesson plans and daily structure, guiding and supporting the student (s)» participation in classroom activities as needed

For some time now there has been increasing recognition that, in an educational climate of accountability measures and increased top - down control, there is a need to position the work of teachers as extending beyond the classroom and situate teachers» role in education within the broader context of schooling.

As professional teachers, they can continually improve their teaching through sharing classroom videos with supervisors, mentors, and peers in contexts such as video clubs (Sherin, 2007; Sherin & Han, 2004As professional teachers, they can continually improve their teaching through sharing classroom videos with supervisors, mentors, and peers in contexts such as video clubs (Sherin, 2007; Sherin & Han, 2004as video clubs (Sherin, 2007; Sherin & Han, 2004).

Similarly, fundamental advances in teacher education are emerging as researchers have begun to study directly the processes and contexts of teacher learning, including both the college classroom and the classrooms in our schools.

Design issues such as source of video footage, classroom context provided, length of video clips, and type of learner interaction should be considered in any use of classroom video for teacher education.

Inclusive approaches and positive behaviour techniques such as «positive classroom behaviour support» that respond to individual needs within the group context are equally, and in most cases, more effective than punishment - based systems.

Thus, technology integration experiences integrated with authentic teaching and learning experiences in teacher preparation are recognized as more effective than traditional stand - alone technology classes, in which technology skills and experiences are taught separate from the classroom context (Brush et al., 2001; Hoelscher, 1997; Strudler & Wetzel, 1999).

The authors explain both the why and the how of Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) as they explore the high cost of student disengagement, place TPTs in the context of higher - order thinking and formative assessments, and demonstrate how to create a TPT - conducive classroom.

As Kohn argues, because intrinsic motivation «is a concept that exists only in the context of the individual,» the prescriptions its proponents offer teachers, are often too radically individualized, or too bland and abstract, to be applied in classroom settings (See «Punished by Rewards?

Through the organization's website, magazine, and films, its framework and classroom resources reach 500,000 educators.27 Because Teaching Tolerance focuses on teaching tolerance «as a basic American value,» 28 its materials are rich in civic contexts.

They are viewed here as students with high - context learning experiences and expectations (Hall in Beyond Culture, Anchor, New York, (1976), and a collectivistic orientation, with a pragmatic, rather than academic way of looking at the world, who are marginalized and disoriented in US classrooms.

The central task of teacher induction as outlined by Feiman - Nemser (2001) involves gaining local knowledge of students, curriculum, and context; designing responsive curriculum and instruction; enacting a beginning repertoire in purposeful ways; creating a classroom learning community; developing a professional identity; and learning in and from practice (pp. 1028 - 1030).

If students have become familiar with concepts through exposure to them in the classroom, the use of those concepts as topics and contexts in test materials is fair, even if some students have not been exposed to the concepts through their life experiences.

Our analysis of the data from participants across the four districts reveals that teachers experienced changes in their personal literacy practices and views of themselves as learners, and felt an increased ability to evince change in a variety of educational contexts, including their classroom, buildings, and districts.

These two related factors resulted in teachers who experienced MELAF in the context of directed, concentrated attention to the direct application of standards to their practice, and whose views of themselves as change - agents focused almost exclusively on the classroom.

While you can teach these skills in the context of the project, you can also start building them with students from day one so that they'll see critique and revision as normal parts of classroom practice, as well as essential parts of PBL.

This report focuses on how a statewide reform initiative, when envisioned as a professional development opportunity, affected teachers» capacities to become change - agents in their classrooms and districts, and how individual district contexts shaped the development of those capacities.

Our analysis of the data from participants across the four districts reveals that teachers experienced changes in their personal literacy practices and views of themselves as learners, and felt an increased ability to evince change in a variety of educational contexts, including their classrooms, buildings, and districts.

The important thing about formative assessment is that it is not a test, nor an instrument, but rather an approach to teaching and learning that uses feedback as its centrepiece in a supportive classroom context.

Our study, «Relationships between Observations of Elementary Mathematics Instruction and Student Achievement: Exploring Variability across Districts» explores a potential explanation as to why differences in the relationships between classroom observation scores and student test scores exist across different contexts.

In - class discussions that examine the history and contemporary practice and politics of display in multiple urban contexts with some emphasis on social, public, interventionist, and community - based practices is equally balanced with activities outside the classroom such as exhibition visits, artist talks, and performanceIn - class discussions that examine the history and contemporary practice and politics of display in multiple urban contexts with some emphasis on social, public, interventionist, and community - based practices is equally balanced with activities outside the classroom such as exhibition visits, artist talks, and performancein multiple urban contexts with some emphasis on social, public, interventionist, and community - based practices is equally balanced with activities outside the classroom such as exhibition visits, artist talks, and performances.

... though idiotically given as proof is a typical non-experiment from the AGWSF department, by opening a bottle of scent in a classroom saying it proves the scent is spread by Brownian motion, that's when it's not being not being idiotically explained by using ideal gas properties of elastic collisions in empty space as if ideal gas, but more often than not, claiming both these processes happening at the same time — seemingly as unconcerned as Willis about context.

The Report's central conclusion is that, although traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.10

In my own classroom this year I have focused on using language that links everything I teach to how the student will use it in a practical context, such as a law firm, the courtroom, and so oIn my own classroom this year I have focused on using language that links everything I teach to how the student will use it in a practical context, such as a law firm, the courtroom, and so oin a practical context, such as a law firm, the courtroom, and so on.