Sentences with phrase «knowledge of student learning»

In a recent review of the PCK literature, Lee, Brown, Luft, and Roehrig (2007) identified a consensus among researchers on the following two components of PCK: (a) teachers» knowledge of student learning to translate and transform content to facilitate students» understanding and (b) teachers» knowledge of particular teaching strategies and representations (e.g., examples, explanations, analogies, and illustrations).

The first component, knowledge of student learning and conceptions, includes the following elements: students» prior knowledge, variations in students» approaches to learning, and students» misconceptions.

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The Hunter Hub is the University of Calgary's new initiative to engage and immerse students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community in a culture of entrepreneurial thinking, challenging them with a new and bold approach to teaching, learning, discovery and knowledge - sharing.

With specialized streams of study in Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship, as well as Innovative Management, the EMBA program at the Faculty of Business provides students with the theory, skills, experiential learning and research opportunities to advance their knowledge and enhance their employability in these flourishing fields.

When members of the University of Texas at San Antonio student chapter of NAHB learned about a local family in need of a new roof after it was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, they decide to put their construction knowledge and labor to work.

What I have learned, is that even though it is difficult for the laymen / students to get ahold of enough knowledge to have a fair perspective, that there is wide and serious divide between the Bible and other scriptures.

The Sutton Trust has found excessive praise or grouping students by their ability doesn't aid learning, and that a teacher's knowledge of a subject is more likely to make a difference.

The detailed knowledge of the Precision stage is kept from being «inert» because the student tests it against the knowledge learned in the Romance stage and against the background knowledge he or she brought to the subject originally.

In my own experience, I have found that a healthy mix of vocabulary and knowledge from the student world (slang, music, sports, etc), along with that of my more specialized disciplinary concerns, builds helpful bridges for learning.

He is critical of the way they defeat self - learning (the only real learning) and stifle creativity by their built - in coercion and by seeing the student as the passive, dependent recipient of the «knowledge» transmitted by the teacher.

With many years» experience communicating effectively with teachers and students, Kids Media has a comprehensive knowledge of educational technology (computers and interactive whiteboards in classrooms), teacher culture, classroom dynamics and the various learning levels and abilities of students.

When that doesn't happen, project - based learning can become the empty calories of education: a collection of engaging distractions that are unrelated to the larger goal of increasing students» knowledge.

One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would call academic perseverance and what others might call grit or resilience.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

Both programs are based on scientific research into how students of various ages learn best and have allowed students to not only grow in their educational knowledge, but strengthen their problem - solving and critical thinking skills.

Each Main Lesson relates to the students» stage of development for that year and is linked to other subjects, building upon prior knowledge, experience, and skills in creative ways that engage students in their learning.

For example, online schools, such as Minnesota Connections Academy, allow students to learn on their own time while receiving the knowledge of state - certified teachers and challenging curricula.

Recipient of: Superintendent's Key Scholar Award, Honor Roll, Georgia Scholar, Optimist Club Essay Contest — First Place, National Latin Exam — Gold (Latin I, II, and III), Spirit of Learning Award, Academic Excellence Certificate, Academic Letter, Lamp of Knowledge, Georgia Certificate of Merit, Governor's Honors Program Nominee, Student of the Month, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, GHSA State Literary Competition Essay Writing — First Place Divisional, Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference and Leadership 56, Mock Trial Lawyer Award, Daughters of the American Revolution Youth Citizenship Award

, such as Minnesota Connections Academy, allow students to learn on their own time while receiving the knowledge of state - certified teachers and challenging curricula.

While reiterating the commitment of the State Government under Governor Ambode to ensure that every child is given opportunity to succeed, Bank - Olemoh said the launch of the Digital Library, dubbed EducateLagos.com, was intended to further expand access to knowledge for Lagosians, make learning fun and contribute to improving exam outcomes for students.

«We request our students to make good and judicious use of it because is a great opportunity for them to have a computer based tablets of knowledge to assist their learning technique.

In an interview, one of the two Principals of the Adventist High School, Ede, Mr. Anthony Ojo said the introduction of tablets of knowledge «Opon Imo» has tremendously eased the teaching and learning process and as well boosted the performances of students academically and morally.

AAAS's Project 2061 has been awarded a $ 1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop new tools for finding out how students build their knowledge of energy concepts over time and for helping teachers diagnose their students» learning difficulties.

Today, she heads the accelerator division for TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, but she learned much of her determination and perseverance — not to mention her technical knowledge and teamwork skills — at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's (Fermilab's) Tevatron accelerator when she was a grad student.

These schools included «early college» high schools with a STEM focus (that offered both college and high school credits to students); tech - savvy schools that relied entirely on project - based learning (an instructional practice emphasizing student production of knowledge via projects and research); and career / technical education high schools that prepared students for careers such as agriculture or medicine through early experiences in those fields.

The findings are described in a paper published last month in the American Educational Research Journal titled «The Influence of Teachers» Knowledge on Student Learning in Middle - School Physical Science Classrooms.»

A week later the students were asked to transfer what they had learned about bats to a second knowledge domain: the navigational use of sound waves by submarines.

The students learn well here, because the U.S. provides them with the freedom to research in their own way, and some of them will bring their knowledge back to China.

The instructor - centric approach, in which the teacher conveys knowledge to students, is beginning to shift toward a pupil - centric approach, in which the teacher mediates the learning experience of students through a wealth of self - directed endeavors.

In addition, work that requires «advanced knowledge in a field of science or learning,» entails «the consistent exercise of discretion or judgment,» or is «predominantly intellectual or varied in character» does not count for the student exemption.

Students with learning disabilities improved 18 percentage points on assessments of science knowledge from pre-test to post-test, and English language learners increased 15 percentage points.

Web - based learning tools can help deepen science knowledge among all middle school students, and ease the science literacy gap for underachieving students, according to a three - year study published today in the International Journal of Science Education.

The findings provide fundamental new knowledge about how memory works, Zeithamova said, and eventually could lead to new strategies in educational settings that help students to consolidate new information with previously learned material to build stronger cognitive maps of various topics.

According to the research findings, the use of technology changes the role of the teacher from a traditional knowledge provider rather into a facilitator guiding the students» learning processes and engaging in joint problem - solving with the students.

Plant BLOOME — Managed by the ASPB Education Committee, the Plant Biology Learning Objectives, Outreach Materials & Education (BLOOME) Grant funds projects to advance youth, student, and general public knowledge and appreciation of plant biology.

As a student at AAU you acquire knowledge and competences by way of AAU's unique study method «The Aalborg Model for Problem Based Learning (PBL)».

Students seeking an in - depth awareness and knowledge of yoga can attend these classes where the subjects of learning are yoga philosophy, yoga science, meditation, yoga Nidra, pranayama, spirituality, mantra meditation and chanting, and the study of human anatomy in accordance with yoga, etc..

Not only will you learn how to guide students to deepen their physical practice, you will also gain a deeper knowledge of your own physical body.

As a member of a vibrant and recovering community, as a teacher of gentle and restorative yoga, as a student and soon to be master gardener, the knowledge and application of ayurvedic principals could enable me to grow and teach others to grow our own food; to amend our flooded and sewage damaged soil for growing edible foods; to learn and teach others to eat seasonable foods that will sustain not only our bodies, but provide for others.

Students will deepen their knowledge of Materia Medica, and learn to evaluate the safety and efficacy of herbal products they see in their patients using.

Learning a foreign language has been compulsory since the times of the Soviet Union, but the recent reform of school education demands more from today's students, giving extended opportunities to young Ukrainian women and men to perfect the knowledge of their chosen overseas dialect.

Launching the learning in your classroom from the prior knowledge of your students and using this as a framework for future lessons is not only a scaffolding technique — many would agree it's just plain good teaching.

The students felt there was a lack of peer and student - teacher interaction in the class, that the speaking and grammar practice provided was insufficient, and they felt the Knowledge Transmission learning tool was not sufficiently engaging.

In this philosophy, teachers facilitate inquiry - based learning, student development of knowledge and thinking processes, and student interaction and sharing of ideas.

In reality, where an individual course falls on this continuum is greatly influenced by the teacher's depth of knowledge and experience teaching the subject, as well as by his or her beliefs about what is most important to learn and what students are capable of.

In schools this is mirrored in the rise of «student agency», where students become active contributors to their processes of learning, rather than passive receptacles for knowledge.

While pairing can be helpful, giving students a checklist of talking points can help to push the learning and knowledge a little deeper.

«In today's digital society, classroom connectivity to an online world of knowledge and resources should be a right for every student in their place of learning and not a lottery.»

The segmenting of individual students into a group, and that group into a subgroup, and their understanding into data, and the knowledge that we hope they learn into our teaching standards — this all becomes a tone, a posture dictating the terms of teaching and learning.

Some of that knowledge includes understanding the discipline in ways that enable students to understand it; understanding how students learn and what motivates them; designing instruction that maximizes student learning; designing, conducting, and utilizing formative and summative assessments; and reflecting on the success or failure of lessons and using that reflection to improve practice.