Sentences with phrase «kinds of learning students»

A new report, The Promise of Performance Assessments: Innovations in High School Learning and College Admission, looks at how these assessments, which focus on the kind of learning students will need to be successful in our innovation economy, are being used to inform college admission, placement, and advising decisions, as well as how they are being used to leverage deeper forms of learning at all levels.

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They are not only practices of teaching and learning, but also practices of raising funds and maintaining the school's resources; not only practices of governing various aspects of the school's common life, but also practices of various kinds of research; practices not only of assessing students and when they should be deemed to have completed their courses of study, but also of assessing faculty and judging when they should be promoted and when terminated; and so on.

I felt blessed that with the help of European programmes and German student stipends I was able to spent my time walking around on the campus of Oslo university, getting to know all kinds of people, learning Norwegian and visiting German and English language classes.

This was a disheartening reality for somebody used to easy success, learning the game at 14 as a kind of exchange student in Warsaw, Ind., and becoming a vital part of such storied programs as North Carolina, the Boston Celtics and the Lakers.

In the same way that responsive parenting in early childhood creates a kind of mental space where a child's first tentative steps toward intellectual learning can take place, so do the right kind of messages from teachers in school create a mental space that allows a student to engage in more advanced and demanding academic learning.

When I visited another EL school in the spring of 2015, the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (known as WHEELS) in Upper Manhattan, almost every classroom I visited was engaged in some kind of elaborate discussion or creative project that demanded involvement from every student.

Indeed, if we walk students through every step of creating the journal (what kind of notebook, what sort of margins, how many words per entry, double - spaced, type - written or inked) we send a strong message about journaling and about learning in general: namely that it is a direction - following game, that the answers reside with the teacher, who will walk you through the steps to the puzzle until you arrive at the right answer.

«The skills and experience that students develop by learning to perform and create provide a foundation for the kind of literacy students must have to communicate and work successfully in our ever - changing technological society,» says Burford.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

These cuts mean fewer teachers will be able to give the kind of individualized attention we know helps students learn better.

This kind of real - time feedback can be a big advantage for your students» learning.

«But for the kinds of questions that measure conceptual understanding, even if the teacher knew the scientific explanation, that wasn't enough to guarantee that their students would actually learn the science.»

GlaxoSmithKline also hosts a kind of open house where graduate students can learn about the company and what it takes to pursue a career there, Feldman says.

It's not that they think the students are «cheating» by trying to google the answer, but rather that they know students who ask this kind of question are learning nothing and probably confirming a secret conviction that they're bad at science.

«This kind of work is actually so cutting - edge that it takes a really good student to learn how to do this and then bring the technique back to the lab,» says Sokolowski.

The skills, tools, anatomy and modifications you learn will not only help you to better meet your round students, but will help you to better meet beginners in general, as well as all kinds of students with various obstacles to practice.

In December I accepted a Long - Term Sub position for a US History class and between reminding myself of the content, learning about my new students, adjusting to a different kind of learner than I'm used to and working hard to earn their respect I somehow had to figure out what was on their Midterm and make sure they were prepared for it!

Directed by Patrick Creadon and produced by Christine O'Malley and Neal Baer, If You Build It offers a compelling and hopeful vision for a new kind of classroom in which students learn the tools to design their own futures.

I want this kind of learning to be a daily reality for the students in the schools where I work.

Every year, at the start of this ongoing program, students attend a kick - off assembly to learn about the problem of unwanted catalogs and how to reduce that kind of mail.

«It matters more on who is in that space and the kinds of decisions that educators make to set students up to make positive choices for their learning.»

The kind of trust I am talking about is that which forms the most basic attitudes of the teacher and his students — it means that I, as teacher, trust the student's capacity to learn.

He does two kinds of schools: high schools that are tech related, where the kids are engaged in projected based learning and discovery, and that have deeply embedded partnerships with local industry; and also schools that are K — 8 flex programs, in which students attend school two days a week, work from home two days a week, and one day is an enrichment day.

She's also the kind of student that, due to her independence, may learn to slide under the radar and resist taking risks.

The Boston Arts Academy is the kind of place where students have their teachers» home phone numbers, and where music teacher Allyssa Jones's graduation gift to one student she had grown especially close with was the piano on which she herself had learned to play.

Through Edcamps and the ScratchED community, teachers can become champions of the kind of playful learning that will help their students thrive.

Through Edcamps and the ScratchED community, teachers can become champions of the kind of playful learning that will help their students thrive, writes Schmidt.

The report, entitled «Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection», was the first of its kind to provide an internationally comparative analysis of the digital skills that students have acquired and of the learning environments designed to develop theseStudents, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection», was the first of its kind to provide an internationally comparative analysis of the digital skills that students have acquired and of the learning environments designed to develop theseLearning: Making the Connection», was the first of its kind to provide an internationally comparative analysis of the digital skills that students have acquired and of the learning environments designed to develop thesestudents have acquired and of the learning environments designed to develop theselearning environments designed to develop these skills.

The best schools of education are building these kinds of learning communities within their schools; perhaps it is time for schools of education to see how they can support their students and alumni in K - 12 schools in their surrounding communities.

It's a kind of action research project, where students base their next steps on what they are learning through the process.

A third indicator would be a measurable increase in the kinds of general skills and attributes now being sought by employers — for example, students» abilities to work in teams, use technology, communicate, solve problems and learn on the job.

Two crucial things to think about before you start are what kinds of resources your school already has, and what kind of access students will have to the technology necessary for a blended learning course.

An alternative is to provide information about where students are in their learning (for example, the kinds of knowledge and skills they are ready to learn next); what parents might do to assist further learning; and, possibly, information about the progress individuals have made over time.

And it is always wonderful for them to realize that with this kind of work each of them feels individually accountable, and if they have group assignments they can easily collaborate with their fellow students to learn from each other without worrying about being judged.

That kind of defeats one of the advantages of online learning — tailoring coruses to the interests of indivdiual students

Cloud technologies and Learning Management Systems have already given teachers the opportunity to provide lectures halfway across the world, while students get remote access to any kind of course materials.

Libraries become a different kind of learning destination when schools reimagine them as open, transparent spaces that invite student communication and collaboration.

This report tackles the issue of personalized learning, arguably one of the hottest topics in education this year, and an educational concept that raises all kinds of questions and concerns about how students should learn in the digital age.

We're trying to think carefully through what kinds of subject areas it fits best within and what really powerful, high quality lesson plans would look like to help students to do a better job learning to evaluate information.

If your students tend to do better with certain kinds of media, interactivity, or assessments, the course design should be adapted to enable better learning.

I've found that these kinds of reference lists are really successful as learning support resources, and are really popular with students too.

(As far as school, I'm referring to photos of students celebrating or them learning in action — not selfies, because I'm not sure there's ever a need for those kind of school tweets.)

A teacher - based and teacher - driven model, Albemarle's instructional coaching mirrors the kind of learning that teachers encourage in their students.

We must create the kinds of worthy learning experiences that drive students to become critical thinkers, problem - solvers, and innovators.

This kind of integration has tremendous potential for those students who are sitting in your classroom waiting for something different — because, suddenly, their learning is no longer located in silos.

«How we construct these first days deeply communicates to students the kind of culture and community of learning your classroom will be.

Medford High Students Chosen as Finalists in National Challenge (The Medford Transcript) As part of a national challenge with HGSE's Making Caring Common and The KIND Foundation, a student team from Medford were selected as finalists and will develop their project to bridge the gap between academic English language learning and everyday language use and needs.

The high school's philosophy is inspired by the nonprofit All Kinds Of Minds Institute, which espouses the belief that students need to become aware of their individual learning styleOf Minds Institute, which espouses the belief that students need to become aware of their individual learning styleof their individual learning styles.

Tell students they are going to learn about a kind of panda that many of them might not had known existed, the lesser panda.

Max's projects and presentations represent the kind of work the Key Learning Community, a public K - 12 school in Indianapolis, expects of all its students as part of its commitment to providing opportunities for exploration and development.