Not exact matches
2) Student - Learning Data Analysis and Decision Making Many groups make a big deal out of teachers using
more data to drive better
instruction for students, but it's tough to do in the
traditional classroom.
For instance, a 2010 National Bureau of Economic Research study concluded, on the basis of a controlled experiment to compare online and face - to - face enrollment in a microeconomics course, that «much
more experimentation is necessary before one can credibly declare that online education is peer to
traditional live
classroom instruction, let alone superior....»
Other school characteristics associated with better student achievement included:
more time spent on English
instruction; teacher pay plans that were based on teachers» effectiveness at improving student achievement, principals» evaluations, or whether teachers took on additional duties, rather than
traditional pay scales; an emphasis on academics in schools» mission statements; and a
classroom policy of punishing or rewarding the smallest of student infractions.
Previous research has indicated that preservice teachers have chosen
classroom scenarios as their preferred method of
instruction over
more traditional teacher education methods.
There are plenty of ways educators are taking on the shortcomings of the
traditional classroom environment to offer
more personalized
instruction that is supported by data and in tune with their students» individual needs.
However, with continued concerns over the unintended (and sometimes detrimental) consequences of expanding standardized testing, policies have reemphasized the importance of
more traditional, widely applicable approaches to measuring teacher quality — specifically, the quality of teachers»
instruction, assessed through
classroom observation.
A growing number of studies show that online drivers education programs are actually
more effective than
traditional, in - the -
classroom drivers ed
instruction.
Traditional classroom instruction is enhanced with online
instruction to provide even
more flexibility.