Sentences with phrase «learned from classmates»

Her daughters, who came on the trip with her, miss the Bollywood music and dance numbers they learned from their classmates.

The class would then resume the task with students trying one or several of strategies they learned from classmates.

They read with each other's jobs in mind, as they were encouraged to continually pause, discuss the book through the lens of their individual tasks, and take notes on what they learned from classmates.

However students still need support via live class's which allow them to ask questions, learn from classmates and feel like they are being supported fully.

This practice helps elevate marginalized voices, and it also helps ensure that students will learn from classmates and peers of different backgrounds.

Not exact matches

The program is capped with a business trip abroad, where students meet and learn from local executives, tour businesses in a number of economic sectors, and participate in a consulting project with classmates and students from international host schools.

I cherished interacting with, and learning from, my peers and classmates.

With encouragement and support from both faculty and classmates, your child will learn to be academically adventurous, to take risks, and not to be afraid of failure.

I admittedly tend to shy away from plastic toys, but we recently caved and bought the Perplexus Maze Game, which Laurel couldn't stop talking about after learning about it from classmates.

Maybe they heard something funny from one of their classmates or they walked in while their parents were «hugging» or, as in my case, they learned that animals «mated» to have babies and that people are animals, too.

Huang said that she really valued hearing from classmates in philosophy, and she hopes to apply the things she learned in this class as she works toward her dream of creating a neural engineering start - up.

With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.

And to add insult to injury, Eugene learns that she's no longer a virgin from a former classmate - turned - gangsta» rapper who goes by the monicker Horsedick MPEG (Craig Robinson).

Ruthie's struggles to fit in at a new school, the ease with which she gets the approval of a Queen Bee classmate (using the tactics she learned from watching her manipulative mother), are intriguing, but dropped in favor of following Rita through her addiction and recovery issues.

But he immediately embraced them as peers and sought opportunities to learn from them, even as he shared his considerable knowledge and insights,» says Professor Judith McLaughlin, director of HEP, sharing that his nominating classmates described Mitchell as a valued, calming presence and a vital contributor to class discussions.

Every day for the rest of elementary school, he was taken from class to go to the school's learning center, to the scorn of his classmates.

I learned to navigate different social spaces from people with different backgrounds, especially while code switching for my middle to upper middle classmates in my AP classes who were «nerds,» to my friends who were jocks, and to my extended family members who came from a complete different background and life experience than even I knew.

«We usually learn from textbooks or worksheets, but because you automatically learn while you play it, even my classmates that don't like school had fun.»

«I was surrounded by stories — from my classmates, my professors, and other folks I met along the way — and I learned to listen, which in turn made me a better songwriter.»

In secondary, they learn to speak in a variety of settings and to a variety of audiences, ranging from an informal speech in front of classmates to a presentation for 50 potential employers (see Public Speaking: Oracy Skills for the Real World).

The number one, biggest surprise of the last year was... The biggest surprise from last year was learning as much as I did from Rick Weissbourd and my classmates about how to help young people have ethical romantic and sexual relationships.

We all know a few teachers are just plain bad; students in those classes would be much better off learning from a competent or superior teacher in a slightly larger class — and the students in that class would suffer little (if at all) from having one or two more classmates.

«We need to help students comprehend their classmates» values, perspectives, and motivations so they can learn from each other as well as from their teachers.»

However, Newton — speaking for many of his classmates — says, «From an outsider's point of view, we don't have a lot of structure, but we just have a different definition of structure, and I feel like we're learning more by doing it that way.»

Scrabble Clubs Spell Learning, Fun Many schools are luring students away from TV and video games with the chance to out - spell classmates in after - school Scrabble club competitions.

I learned most from my classmates.

It is very easy indeed for schools to «achieve» green and blue boxes on the CA dashboard — just (1) stop suspending students (leave them in chaotic classrooms to challenge teachers and steal learning opportunities from classmates), and (2) graduate everyone regardless of achievement (since there is no longer an exit exam, college entry is being made easier and former bonehead non-credit classes are disappearing.)

Here are a few examples of what you will learn, how to write a letter of appreciation to an author and mail it to them, have your friends / classmates dress up like the characters from your favorite book, create a word game and make a list of words to describe something you love, make a list of the longest words that you know, make a list of your top 10 favorite things.

«He always tells us nothing will stop us from learning and nothing will stop him from teaching us,» said Edwin Perez, a gregarious 12 - year - old, as three of his classmates nodded.

My education has served me well and I attribute my success in part to what I learned in the classroom and the high expectations my teachers set for me and my classmates, all of whom came from working families.

Peer Mediators: Students who serve as Peer Mediators receive conflict resolution training from graduate students at the Hamline Mitchell School of Law, and then apply those skills by helping fellow classmates resolve and learn from interpersonal disputes peacefully and respectfully.

Consider using positive restorative practices as a way to help students safely re-engage with their classmates and learn from the experience.

Feedback from classmates underscores how little students understand small schools; on the survey students at Northwest completed, a half did not know what small learning community they belonged to.

Students who serve as Peer Mediators receive conflict resolution training from graduate students at the Hamline Mitchell School of Law, and then apply those skills by helping fellow classmates resolve and learn from interpersonal disputes peacefully and respectfully.

Greg Duncan, George Farkas, and Katherine Magnuson demonstrate that a child from a poor family is two to four times as likely as a child from an affluent family to have classmates with low skills and behavior problems — attributes which have a negative effect on the learning of their fellow students.

To confuse things further, the school prohibited us from speaking Spanish, and when there was a need to translate course content to help our Latina classmates who only spoke Spanish, teachers would scold us and accuse us of keeping our classmates from learning English.

Students enjoyed the activity and many came back to check out one of the books they either sampled or learned about from a classmate.

English language learners (ELLs) can learn how to write from sources (e.g., two different fire engine books), to conduct and write up research (e.g., stories from their grandparents, a survey of classmates» pets, or school staff members» favorite foods), and to write persuasively about their opinions (e.g., «I think soccer is better than American football because...»).

Drawing this conclusion, however, assumes that student learning is measured well by a given test, is influenced by the teacher alone, and is independent from the growth of classmates and other aspects of the classroom context.

Santiago said that her daughter benefits from attending a school with a mix of children; she is learning English and is picking up vocabulary from interacting with her English - speaking classmates.

According to what we're hearing from our friends who wrote in, flipped classrooms use Poll Everywhere to enable students to keep track of the learning process among their classmates.

This video shows how GITC works in the schools - from the first stage of teacher training right through to the end result when teachers can lead music and students learn from them and perform for their classmates and community.

Blended Learning models have allowed special needs to students to be present and fully connected to the classroom community throughout the day, instead of spending large amounts of time removed from their classmates.

For example, teachers might hold informal and verbal celebrations by asking all students who gained 0.5 points for a specific learning goal to stand and be acknowledged by a round of applause from their classmates, then all students who gained 1.0 points, and so on.

Flipped learning — the concept of students serving as teachers to instruct, and learn from, their classmates — is revolutionizing the way students learn and engage with the curriculum.

The Huangs beg Jing - nan to do some investigating on his own - reconnect with old classmates, see if he can learn anything about Julia's life that she might have kept from them.

A group of classmates are having great fun learning about dinosaurs from their knowledgeable teacher, and some of them have some pretty imaginative questions for her.

Your puppy, on the other hand, will learn from its «classmates» how to behave properly especially when in the company of more adult dogs.

In addition to the dogs each individual student will work with in class, he / she will have the added benefit of watching and learning from the progression of their classmates» many dogs.

In 2012, Tammy graduated from the KPA Dog Trainer Program with the help and support of faculty, classmates, friends, family, and her miniature poodle, Brother Marty, from whom she learned so much.