Sentences with phrase «into rigorous learning»

In what ways can assessment practices provide windows into rigorous learning?

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Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

Democratic schools like Longview School focus on teaching the whole child, so they not only learn rigorous academics, but also develop into more independent, responsible young adults.

This position will give me the opportunity to put what I have learned about dealing with big datasets over the last few years into practical use to ensure that MDI Biological Laboratory scientists are using, vetting and processing datasets in a rigorous, reproducible way.»

But to get to the point where he can turn his violent, revenge fantasies into reality, he has to undergo rigorous mental, physical, and emotional training, not to mention become fluent in Arabic and learn the intricacies of jihadis» warped interpretation of the Koran before venturing to Tripoli, Libya to terminate his fiancée's killers with extreme prejudice.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

To learn more about the connection between social and emotional development and college - and career - ready skills — including suggestions for how to integrate SED into a rigorous academic program — read the full report from the Aspen Institute.

Project - based, interdisciplinary learning requires teaching teams to integrate a theme or project into rigorous lesson plans from a variety of disciplines, and to coordinate delivery among teachers and across classrooms so that projects progress apace and students meet curriculum goals.

Such learning, successfully incorporated into project learning and other teaching styles, is easily integrated into all subject areas and can be effectively assessed with rigorous, sophisticated rubrics.

By guiding her students through rigorous projects aimed at illuminating solutions to real - world problems, high school humanities teacher Susan McCray uses Outward Bound principles to tap into students» passions for learning.

For example, the Practice Guides distill a wealth of research into clear steps teachers can take to improve the learning of their students.7 The What Works Clearinghouse was created with the idea of helping the public understand research results and whether they were completed using rigorous methods.

The good news is that in pockets across our country, schools and districts are unleashing contemporary technology — combined with classic methods of inquiry - based learning that date back to Plato and Socrates — to transform the learning process into a rigorous and more relevant experience.

-- Susan McCray Lights the Fire of Project Learning — By guiding her students through rigorous projects aimed at illuminating solutions to real - world problems, McCray taps into students» passions for lLearning — By guiding her students through rigorous projects aimed at illuminating solutions to real - world problems, McCray taps into students» passions for learninglearning.

Expand third grade students» knowledge base and prepare them for Next Generation Assessments by incorporating these engaging, rigorous practice exercises into their daily learning.

Yet, in calling for the University of California (UC), which has authority to evaluate whether credit - recovery courses meet admissions standards, to set «clear and rigorous rules governing how much time and effort students must put into make - up courses in order to earn credit,» the editorial board makes the common mistake of equating time spent with actual learning.

Fortunately, if we unbundle teaching and assessment and integrate human - graded assessments into online learning platforms, it makes sense to invest in developing a common set of rigorous, standardized, human - graded assessment items.

She truly cares about each learner and puts all her energy into making learning engaging, rigorous, and fun for them.

The reporter also pointed to evidence of school districts using «credit recovery programs» that shove potential high school dropouts into online learning sweatshops that provide a pathway to graduation that in no way resembles rigorous high school coursework.

The workshops modeled rigorous learning using Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to illustrate the «how» that teachers need in order to translate rigor into action in the classroom.

Goalbook has helped educators understand what rigorous learning entails and how to put it into practice.

In order to successfully integrate the arts into instruction, school leaders should become strong advocates for the arts and learn about recent, valid, and rigorous research findings.

Essential to sheltered instruction are teacher willingness and capacity to learn about and incorporate the prior knowledge of ELLs into instruction, to understand second language acquisition and address the linguistic needs of ELLs, to deliver comprehensible yet rigorous input, and to use spiraling and scaffolding techniques whereby every piece of information learned and every skill acquired provides the next - level substructure for building higher - order knowledge.

Colorado, while mandating that 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on student growth, allows districts to choose their own student learning measures — including state assessment results — and decide how to weight them.66 In addition to adjustments to how much student growth factors into evaluations, some states, including Georgia and Connecticut, have opted to delay full implementation of their evaluation systems while they transition to the more rigorous Common Core standards.67 68

Students showing extensive skill gaps or who receive a prescriptive learning path as a result of Test Packs can utilize Accucess for rigorous intervention or be invited into a summer bridge program to ensure that they are ready for the next grade level.

Dallas Teacher Residency believes a yearlong teacher residency — a rigorous training program that values practice along with content and theory and where future practitioners would apply what they were learning by working in the field alongside an experienced professional — will ensure that when new teachers enter into the classroom alone for the first time they will be better prepared to teach in urban schools.

Namely they thawed the rigorous color theory he had learned and taught at the Weimar Bauhaus, and also at Black Mountain College in Asheville, N.C., and Yale University, which he ultimately developed into a landmark 1963 book, «Interaction of Color.»

Eichenberg has been leading the Metals Department at CAA into new directions, turning it into a research lab where students learn to give expression to their ideas through the rigorous exploration of a wide range of materials and techniques.

A more accurate model is: politics is a system that 1) selects against skills needed for rigorous thinking and for qualities such as groupthink and confirmation bias, 2) incentivises a badly selected set of people to consider their career not the public interest, 3) drops them into dysfunctional institutions with no relevant training and poor tools, 4) centralises vast amounts of power in the hands of these people and institutions in ways we know are bound to cause huge errors, and 5) provides very weak (and often damaging) feedback so facing reality is rare, learning is practically impossible, and system reform is seen as a hostile act by political parties and civil services worldwide.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully adapted already administered curriculum to adapt to the individual needs of students, 4 years in a row • Conducted rigorous training sessions to help other teachers translate lesson plans into actual learning experiences for students • Established standards of behavior for students which helped achieve a functional learning atmosphere in class • Implemented a program dubbed Students First, which proved influential in assisting students solve health, attitude and learning problems