Sentences with phrase «more teacher direction»

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In the United States, while it has become more problematic for teachers to interest themselves in the personal development of their students, we have broadened the responsibility of schools in other directions, using them to improve the physical and mental health of children.

And so in these schools, where students are most in need of help internalizing extrinsic motivations, classroom environments often push them in the opposite direction: toward more external control, fewer feelings of competence, and less positive connection with teachers.

Boys whose fathers engaged in physical play but without excessive direction were rated as more popular by their teachers.48 Effects of fathers may vary across children's ages, with fathers of adolescent sons frequently playing important roles in those son's transitions, as seen among Arnhem land Australian aborigines.49 Among the Aka hunter - gatherers of Central African Republic, males of varying ages report that they predominantly learned subsistence and social behavioural norms from their fathers.50

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

In summary, although teachers in the U.S. are more likely to be drawn from the lower end of the academic achievement distribution than are teachers in selected high - performing countries, the picture is a bit more nuanced than the rhetoric suggests, and as we illustrate, it has in fact changed over time in an encouraging direction.

It is pleasing to note that the majority of teachers (just) were actually moving in more interesting directions through the use of activities and social interaction.

More than 50 woodworking, metalworking, and drafting students from Shakamak High School worked together under the direction of their industrial - arts teacher, Jeff McNabb, to replicate the the Gibson Flying «V,» a classic electric guitar.

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While governments can establish directions and curricular goals for the instructional system, teachers need to be more involved in decision - making.

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Charlie Cobb was only 20 years old when he designed the Freedom Schools curriculum to enable students, as he put it, «to stand up in classrooms around the state and ask their teachers a real question» and «make it possible for them to challenge the myths of our society, to perceive more clearly its realities and to find alternatives and ultimately, new directions for action.»

It's moving in the exact opposite direction of teacher evaluation systems everywhere else, including places like Washington, D.C., where we've learned from experience that test scores should make up less, not more, of a teachers» evaluation.

Moreover, teachers» views of their unions have trended in a more favorable direction since 2013, when just 64 % gave a positive response.

The computer science teacher and I realized that the lesson we had created was more than just scaffolding vocabulary — it supported the critical work of following a specific sequence of directions and the realization of the work directions do to make a program (or assignment or project, in other classes) a success.

«I think I need some more direction on the little decisions like what do you do when a student complains about a stomach ache right before a lesson,» replies student teacher.

9 • solve one - step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher • recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long / short, longer / shorter, tall / short, double / half]; mass or weight [for example, heavy / light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity / volume [for example, full / empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTImore than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTIMORE OBJECTIVES!

In a 2002 pilot study involving three middle school classrooms in Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give direction.

Indeed, many schools that embrace technology to drive personalized learning have actually moved in the opposite direction: extending the school day to build in time for students to do more project - and team - based learning, meet one - on - one with teachers and advisors, and even just access on - site wireless Internet.

Public assessments of local schools would shift in a more skeptical direction; support for universal voucher initiatives, charter schools, and the parent trigger would increase; limits to teacher tenure would gain greater public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skepticism.

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Used effectively under the direction of passionate and experiential teachers, Artificial Intelligence will be a tool that helps us strive towards a new age of enlightenment, which in turn, will transform the teaching and learning process into something more immersive, engaging, and effective than ever before.

«You're leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by... a test,» said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.

Differentiation: • Alternative handwriting lines • A second bordered page for students who wish to write at length • The photo section provides more difficult vocabulary and could lead more able writers towards a «what happened next» story writing style, should the teacher wish to lead them in this direction • An editable version of all content has been provided for the teacher to make vocabulary choices.

Teaching Points: • Students will need some prior knowledge of what it means to extend a sentence and the role that adjectives can play in this • Students should be encouraged to use as many colours as possible to colour their pictures I have added some extras to give students and teachers an element of choice - Differentiation: • Alternative handwriting lines • A second bordered page for students who wish to write at length • The photo section provides more difficult vocabulary and could lead more able writers towards a «what happened next» story writing style, should the teacher wish to lead them in this direction • An editable version of all content has been provided for the teacher to make vocabulary choices.

In fact, the weak relationship between pupil - teacher ratio and school ratings is in the opposite of the expected direction: schools with larger classes receive somewhat higher grades, perhaps because effective schools attract more families to the neighborhood.

If they lose, it will leave Republican caucuses at the state and federal levels even more dominated by Tea Party conservatives and populists, and tilt power in the direction of the teachers unions to boot.

The original activity codes (e.g., phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, directed reading of narrative text, directed reading of informational text, literature circles) proved somewhat more challenging because of the ways in which teachers interpreted the directions.

While the cadres and council were chaired by teachers, and teacher influence on school directions, improvement plans, and professional development was reportedly strong, school personnel said that the previous principal played a more overt coperformance leadership role within those structures than the current principal.

Duncan Koontz Elementary school on using play therapy as a tool to teach teachers on observing student behaviors and better intervening and steering them to a more positive direction.

Currently, she is following several teachers who «flipped» their classrooms (a process in which teachers have students watch the lecture portion of a class at home on video, then do the homework or more hands - on work, in class), and is preparing to go in that direction with her own class.

Each participant is given more authority to shape or lead the discussion in the direction they prefer, while teachers may have relatively less control over the learning interactions (Choi et al. 2005).

She was the co-lead author of It's More Than Money; Tying Earning to Learning: The Link Between Teacher Compensation and Student Learning Objectives; Focus on Literacy: Professional Development Audit; Catalyst for Change (the summative Denver report on performance - based compensation); and New Directions in Christina (the summative report on systemic reform in Delaware's largest district).

Though ensuring that all schools have teachers with the correct licenses and a baseline of years of experience are definitely steps in the right direction, much more work remains to be done to move toward true teacher equity in Minnesota.

For example, after reviewing an observer's scripted data of his directions to the class, a teacher became aware of how he could clarify his introduction to this content so the strategy would be more effective.

Under the direction of an advisory teacher, no more than 15 students meet weekly to discuss problems in their lives and to learn how to deal with them.

Student choice makes a teacher's job tougher because she can not predict what students might want to pursue, and she must make more in - the - moment decisions about the direction of the lesson.

I think the standards really try to shift in the direction of giving teachers more freedom, like the teacher that I quoted in my opening had mentioned.

In effect, he explains, the Baltimore school encouraged teachers who were against the school's new direction to consider transferring to more conventional schools.

«Teachers believe that the Common Core is moving education in the right direction but also have reasonable requests for more help to make sure this important policy change is effective for all students.

It was a challenging, thought provoking and inspiring lecture, but one which left me even more deeply troubled about the direction and pace of travel taken by the English education system — a direction and pace which is clearly unpopular with the majority of teachers and may contribute to their current exodus from the classroom.

By continuously examining our directions, and pushing for the precise, we as teachers grow a more culturally responsive lens and fertilize how students see themselves as scholars.

Last week, PEAC, the panel charged with developing Connecticut's teacher evaluation system, working under the direction of Commissioner Stefan Pryor, approved a change which calls for more standardized tests to be included in a teacher's evaluation.

But even more importantly, they're the best TEACHERS, making sure you learn the intermediate and advanced tips and techniques to send your career in the right direction.

Indie authors can compete with this, but it takes a bit more than the art direction of your friend Sam's kid who is pretty good in art (or, to get on a very brief tangent, your high - school English teacher and niece Jackie as the sole editor).

Research proposals are merely necessary to give your research right direction with the help of the teacher and with more control over your topic.

Education: Seeking a broadened range of strategies to meet educational requirements of Indigenous children with more Indigenous teachers» cross-culturally trained and increasing higher education participation via strategies that provide opportunities and alternative pathways in sports and scholastic academies while applying a holistic approach to reviews of conditions, roles, responsibilities for strategic direction and culturally appropriate, engaging environments for Indigenous people.

Boys whose fathers engaged in physical play but without excessive direction were rated as more popular by their teachers.48 Effects of fathers may vary across children's ages, with fathers of adolescent sons frequently playing important roles in those son's transitions, as seen among Arnhem land Australian aborigines.49 Among the Aka hunter - gatherers of Central African Republic, males of varying ages report that they predominantly learned subsistence and social behavioural norms from their fathers.50

Intervention participants demonstrated significantly more change in the desired direction than control participants according to school counselors and an averaged score of school counselor and teacher - reported relational aggression.