Sentences with phrase «learning students make»

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Adaptive learning software is quickly replacing the role of textbooks in the classrooms and students are tackling subjects with the aid of tailor - made computer programs that assist their needs.

Greenberg says that this shift in tailor - made learning groups provides students with independence in the classroom.

In 2014, Chaudhry says, MOOCs will come of age, thanks to new entrants who have learned from their predecessors» mistakes and figured out how to make students stick with a course.

Students will learn to build their own companies, acquire leadership positions and take initiative in the decision - making processes.

Students spend four hours and $ 150 learning how to make something they could buy — in cheesier form — for about $ 2 on most street corners.

Robert Bjork, of the University of California, coined the phrase «desirable difficulties» to describe the counter-intuitive notion that learning should be made harder by, for instance, spacing sessions further apart so that students have to make more effort to recall what they learnt last time.

How one retired professor made a fortune by co-authoring a textbook that would shape how generations of MBA students learned finance.

Students will also get to showcase what they've learned with a so - called «capstone» project, another attempt by Coursera to make the knowledge students have acquired appear more tangible to emStudents will also get to showcase what they've learned with a so - called «capstone» project, another attempt by Coursera to make the knowledge students have acquired appear more tangible to emstudents have acquired appear more tangible to employers.

Companies want to have the best talent and, presumably, the best will have focused on how to sustain or grow a business and be willing to make tough choices to do so, which is what students learn during an MBA program.

Often referred to as the «Wizard of Omaha,» Buffett is chairman, CEO, and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, where he has largely made his fortune by remaining true to the principles of value investing he first learned from Professors David Dodd ’21 and Benjamin Graham while a Columbia Business School student.

So we learned from that cohort of students and made the Course Builder's Laboratory even more outstanding.

Learning about student loan interest can help you make better decisions about your debt — and potentially help you pay off your loans sooner.

«We regularly review our course materials and textbooks to ensure they are up to date, and any changes that need to be made will be done at the appropriate moment to ensure the best learning outcomes for schools and students,» a spokesperson for the company told CNBC.

Skillcrush is an interactive learning platform that gives students the digital skills they need in areas like web design and programming to make a major positive career change.

Students are expected to apply the concepts learned in the core courses and make evidence - based recommendations.

All students in the Master of Civil Engineering program will enjoy learning opportunities that allow for direct interaction with remarkable faculty members who have made engineering their life's work.

All students in the Master of Science in Information Security & Assurance Program will enjoy learning opportunities that allow for direct interaction with remarkable faculty members who have made information technology their life's work.

There's embarrassing little research on entrepreneurship education and outcomes, but we do know that students learn best when they can connect with the material in a hands - on way — personally making the mistakes and learning from them directly.

It's not just the big - name corporations that are making a point to engage the next generation of scientists and innovators — Space Angels - funded Because Learning, previously known as Ardusat, has their own ideas for how to engage students in STEM fields.

By creating spaces that can accommodate more active learning approaches, making STEM courses more visible and communal, while incorporating the latest technologies, Wellesley aims to further empower students and spark innovation among its faculty.2

After learning of some surprising realities about the level of misinformation being disseminated about Social Security, Cheryl has made it her goal to provide students with a deep understanding of the multitude of factors that play a role in determining how retirees can achieve the maximum value available to them from Social Security.

Most concerning, class sizes are growing and classrooms host an increasing number of students with learning challenges or other special needs — with too few staff and resources made available to support them.

By examining the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, students learn that a belief in one's self can make positive things happen in life.

Perhaps it is time to take hold of what is true, be a student and learn, sincerely look for it, and HE, whom ever you choose to call HIM, will make himself known to you.

The difference in the religious and secular students was MANY of the secular students learned life lessons by making many bad choices and considering the outcomes and effects on their life.

A college in London is teaming up with Pizza Hut to create 1,500 apprenticeships that allow students to learn the delicate craft of pizza - making — and earn a degree in it.

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 other teachers who are making a major contribution to educating person - centered ministers are the chaplain supervisors staffing the two hundred and fifty plus clinical pastoral education centers (accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education) Clinical training is, by far, the most important single learning experience available to a seminary student or minister.

Whatever genuine learning takes place occurs when the help offered by the teacher... is accepted willingly by the student as an aid toward making the meanings his own.

Its proponents sought to re-establish the vital connection between the student and the curriculum and thus to make the effort of learning meaningful, by relating studies to the student's own actual life situations.

The aims of liberal learning are not achieved when the student simply accumulates ready - made academic information about the faiths of mankind.

Suggestions to students of congregations who wish to begin an ethnographic study of a church are offered, largely in exercise form, in Dudley, Making the Small Church Effective, and in Neville and Westerhoff, Learning Through Liturgy, 71 - 88.

It is up to me to make the best decision I can make to get my students to be comfortable enough to learn the skills that they have come to me to learn.

«And then with that was popular Marxism, in the»30s when I was a student, which made churches and an awful lot of learning look as if it were class - oriented and the work of the elites.

The changes needed to achieve improvement could be identified, and students could learn the obstacles to implementing them through making some effort to do so.

Sometimes we learn nothing by doing except the bare deed, as when children are taught to read by being required simply to read but never learn that written words refer to a whole world beyond them or when theological students are taught to «preach» by being required to make public addresses but never discover the difference between a sermon and an oration.

At its campuses in North Miami, FL, Denver, CO, and Charlotte, NC, culinary students learn the techniques of making healthy, nutritious meals.

I love how your recipes are easy enough for us college students to make but soooo DELISH!!!! LOVE it and I LOVE you GINA!!!! Thanks for helping me learn to cook while in college!!!

Students should provide perspective in their essays on who should receive sex education, what sex education should include, what would make it more inclusive and effective, why sex education is important, what they did and did not learn in their previous sex education class, what they wish they had learned, and how sex education can be taught more effectively in schools.

«My job is to make sure that our food and service are so good, that students want to come together to eat with us, which ultimately encourages learning outside of the classroom,» LaPean says.

Education — Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures will help to increase student achievement by donating to areas that make learning relevant for future careers, inspire students to pursue higher education, and to further education students about Native American culture.

By going meat free once a week at lunchtime, and participating in lessons which address the issues behind MFM, students will learn what it means to be more responsible global citizens and will better understand how the choices they make today will affect them and future generations.

Helping students make the shift in attitude that Sommers describes can seem daunting in our current educational climate, where performance is valued over learning, and where parents and teachers often resort to questionable motivational techniques («if you don't do well, you'll end up working at McDonald's») to encourage students.

What I've learned from my research is that in addition to making sure our classroom practices are engaging, we also need to talk to students directly about their beliefs about school, helping them see how disengagement works against them, and what engagement actually is.

Bob Lenz is the co-founder of the Envision Schools network of charters, which has made project - based learning the central pedagogical strategy in its four schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of which serve mostly low - income black and Latino students.

«I wanted to attend the Challenge Success Conference because I wanted to learn more about other schools» student bodies, and especially how we can make ours better,» Ratzer said.

When I was a college student Sadie Hawkins Day made me a little nervous, but at that age a man hasn't learned much.

A mom in Texas was devastated to learn that her son's teachers mocked students with disabilities, and made her son one of their main targets.

Since the inception of our project in 2003, we have learned a lot about what makes an effective school team and the general progression that teams go through as they create changes to reduce student stress and increase health and engagement at their school sites.

And not to beat another dead horse here, but for those who want to learn how to work effectively with their school district's student nutrition director and school board to make changes in their own schools» food, there is plenty of free advice, based on real - world experience, at http://www.peachsf.org.