Sentences with phrase «less student engagement»

Some fear that the pressure to get all students to the same level will lead to less and less student engagement.

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But then, once a basic level of calm prevailed in the school, the coaches turned their attention to encouraging what they called cooperative learning, a pedagogical approach that promoted student engagement in the learning process: less lecture time; fewer repetitive worksheets; more time spent working in small groups, solving problems, engaging in discussions, and collaborating on longer - term creative projects.

«Classroom contexts where students experience autonomy, competence, and relatedness tend not only to foster more intrinsic motivation,» Deci and Ryan conclude, «but also more willing engagement in less interesting academic activities.»

(1) Teach in a dynamic, well - organized style that makes use of proven pedagogical approaches to promote student engagement in the learning process via less lecture time, fewer repetitive worksheets and more time spent working in small groups solving problems, engaging in discussions, and collaborating on longer - term creative projects.

A classroom program that helps teachers adapt their interactions with students based on individuals» temperaments may lead to more student engagement in kindergarten, more teacher emotional support to kindergarten and first grade students, and better classroom organization and less off - task behavior in first - grade classes, according to research by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

«For example, we found that middle school students had less affective engagement or positive emotions — such as interest, happiness and excitement — than elementary school students.

A new study in the journal Early Childhood Research Quarterly finds that kindergartners and first graders with high maintenance temperaments showed less disruptive behavior and more active engagement and on - task behavior in the classroom, thanks to a program that helps teachers, parents, and students recognize and adapt to individual differences.

According to Alex Green, LESS CO2 programme manager: «From staff awareness to student engagement, the positive change we've seen in the participating schools as a result of the programme has been remarkable, not to mention their reduced carbon emissions.»

Chris continues: «Organising the learning into a more logical structure contributes to student engagement but it is also important to incorporate a less formal aspect to the LP.

The challenges of instruction, leadership, parent engagement, school culture, and professional capacity of teachers are things controlled by us, Knowles noted, pointing out that they also can lead to students 10 times more likely to make substantial improvement and 30 times less likely to stagnate.

Classroom contexts where students experience autonomy, competence, and relatedness tend not only to foster more intrinsic motivation, but also more willing engagement in less interesting academic activities.

However, if teachers are instructing students who require less intensive teacher engagement or are more likely to bounce across very different school models, then I'm less confident in the payoff.

The negative impact of job market pessimism on engagement was more acute for students with stronger family and school supports — the same students whom we often assume are less at risk for losing academic motivation.

The report says it's important to note that the student - deliverer ratio of 1:15 is essential as engagement levels are likely to drop as the number of students increase, even if there are more deliverers; meaning that a student - deliverer ratio of 3:45 is far less effective for engaging students.

«It blew my mind to see how much student engagement and perseverance increased and how much less anxiety I started to see in the classroom, especially as a math classroom,» Campos said.

It's true, technology can have a positive impact on student engagement, but the adage of «less is more» also applies.

The report, from the National Survey of Student Engagement, also says that the benefits of student engagement are even more pronounced for minority students and those who come to college less prepared than others for the academic dStudent Engagement, also says that the benefits of student engagement are even more pronounced for minority students and those who come to college less prepared than others for the academic dstudent engagement are even more pronounced for minority students and those who come to college less prepared than others for the academic demands.

These groupings — high - engagement, low - engagement, and transitional — enabled us to extend our analysis and consider how teachers» uses of student engagement data differed for teachers identified as relatively more or less engaging.

When I asked teachers, principals, and program coordinators to describe the impact, they took care to emphasize that they were still experimenting and learning from their mistakes, while pointing to early indicators such as increased student attendance, greater student and parent engagement, and less teacher turnover.

Although there is general consensus among educational researchers that family engagement contributes to the success of students and schools, there is less agreement about what types of family engagement matter.

Many in the education policy space are drawn to the idea that students» motivational beliefs about their capacities could boost their engagement in the classroom.21 Specifically, if teachers can reframe students» beliefs about their ability, then students are less likely to fear or refrain from taking on a challenging task and will instead approach their work with optimism, in spite of its apparent difficulty.

During middle school, for example, students from elementary schools that had implemented the Developmental Studies Center's Child Development Project — a program that emphasizes community building — were found to outperform middle school students from comparison elementary schools on academic outcomes (higher grade - point averages and achievement test scores), teacher ratings of behavior (better academic engagement, respectful behavior, and social skills), and self - reported misbehavior (less misconduct in school and fewer delinquent acts)(Battistich, 2001).

For example, when a group of juniors at Manhattan Bridges High School helped assess their school's climate, they discovered a number of problems and needs: too few counselors, unclean and crowded bathrooms, less - than - appetizing food in the cafeteria, a lack of engagement from parents, bullying from students at other schools on campus, and unequal levels of respect among students and between students and teachers.

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

The priorities start with student achievement but also include less tangibly documentable factors as school climate, student engagement, and parent involvement.

Exploring high school biology students» engagement with more and less epistemologically considerate texts.

Although much has been written about the achievement gap, less has been said about redirecting our focus on student engagement in learning.

The ethos of the students» collaboration reflects Cage's sentiment and prompts the viewer to experience the venture's heterogeneity less as an object to be assimilated, and more as a movement towards a climate of engagement.

As children develop, parental hypervigilance leads to less school engagement, report Brigham Young University researchers Laura Padilla - Walker and Larry Nelson in a study of 438 students, «Black Hawk Down?

Intensive professional development and in - class support for preschool teachers produced more positive teacher - student interactions, more effective management of challenging behaviors, less problem behavior, higher engagement in learning, and more instruction time.

Children of alcoholics are more likely to have academic difficulty than are other students, often because alcoholic parents are less likely to provide the supervision, support and intellectual engagement that their children need to succeed in school.