Sentences with phrase «observed differences in student»

First, it attempts to assess what factors drive the observed differences in student achievement, but it does a poor job.

Think about your own classroom: have you observed a difference in your students» alertness at the beginning of the school day in comparison to later in the afternoon?

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But going by the past trends it has been observed that there is some difference when those students who excel in academics in, say, Engineering colleges come on board companies and are not able to perform to the mark.

In addition, while our data suggest that sleep loss impairs working memory in a sex - dependent manner, this does not mean that the sex - differences we observed can be generalised to other mental or physical measures of how we are affected by sleep loss,» says Frida Rångtell, PhD student at the Department of Neuroscience and lead author of the studIn addition, while our data suggest that sleep loss impairs working memory in a sex - dependent manner, this does not mean that the sex - differences we observed can be generalised to other mental or physical measures of how we are affected by sleep loss,» says Frida Rångtell, PhD student at the Department of Neuroscience and lead author of the studin a sex - dependent manner, this does not mean that the sex - differences we observed can be generalised to other mental or physical measures of how we are affected by sleep loss,» says Frida Rångtell, PhD student at the Department of Neuroscience and lead author of the study.

The OECD says results from the PISA collaborative problem - solving assessment show only 9 per cent of the differences in students» scores (after accounting for their performance in the three core domains of science, reading and mathematics), is observed between schools.

If the gains observed for 4th graders were a function of differences in the type of students entering that grade due to the retention policy, then the performance of those entering 3rd grade should look essentially the same after 2002 as it did before the retention policy was put into place.

In the professional learning communities I observe when I travel throughout the country I see dedicated professionals who chose to become educators because of their dedication to making a difference for all students.

Then, by observing an image of the baby animal and their parent animal, the students identified the differences and similarities in their features.

We next explore whether schools differ in the extent to which relatively disadvantaged students catch up to relatively advantaged students (or fall farther behind), and we investigate the degree to which the differences we observe occur within school districts, and not just between these districts.

The smallest differences after two years were observed in New York City, where the combined test scores of African - American students attending private schools were 4.3 percentile points higher than those of the control group.

This uncertainty motivates our third and final analytic approach, where we measure the bias in teachers» expectations as the difference between students» actual outcomes and whatever we would have expected based on everything we can observe about them in the absence of self - fulfilling prophecies.

The higher performance of students in schools using the literacy hour, coupled with the fact that this difference continues to be observed even after taking into account other differences among schools, makes us reasonably confident that we have pinned down the effect attributable to the policy.

Performance metrics tied directly to student test - score growth are appealing because although schools and teachers differ dramatically in their effects on student achievement, researchers have had great difficulty linking these performance differences to characteristics that are easily observed and measured.

This study thus examined student gains and controlled for both observed and unobserved differences in the types of students included.

I find it most rewarding to observe the changes in attitudes of the students toward the fact that they, themselves, can make a difference in the fragile Earth environment.

While impressive data sets were assembled on the achievement levels of thousands of students in public and private schools, statisticians could not be sure whether observed differences reflected the quality of the schools or the students who self - selected into them.

That is, no differences were observed in the frequency with which teachers of different levels of accomplishment communicated with students» parents or guardians.

The PISA data indicate that the observed variation in the distribution of student characteristics across countries does not place the United States at a disadvantage in international assessments compared with other highly developed countries; students with high levels of socioeconomic status had an educational advantage over their low SES counterparts across all 20 countries, even after considering the differences in the percentage of students who are immigrants, from less - advantaged homes, non-native language speakers, and other factors.

Shifting poor students to better schools can at best alleviate observed differences in academic achievement.

Third, we find considerable differences in teacher support and teacher influence on instructional policies and practices between charter schools and traditional public schools, which might help explain the higher returns to experience on teacher effectiveness as well as the observed effectiveness gaps between charter schools and traditional public schools serving disadvantaged students.

In other disciplines, he observed, teachers have the image of the A + paper in their minds, but the students aren't quite sure about the difference between the A + and A papers, what is required to get a B, and so oIn other disciplines, he observed, teachers have the image of the A + paper in their minds, but the students aren't quite sure about the difference between the A + and A papers, what is required to get a B, and so oin their minds, but the students aren't quite sure about the difference between the A + and A papers, what is required to get a B, and so on.

«We hope that the lessons we've developed will help educators guide their students into meaningful thought and conversation about what happened during World War II, what similarities and differences they observe in the world today, and why it's important for everyone to be vigilant about protecting the democracy of the United States,» said Allyson Nakamoto, the museum's Director of Education.

On average, teachers spent 31 hours being trained in the Classroom Assessment for Student Learning approach (60 hours were required); no differences were observed in their classroom practices compared with teachers not using the program (Randel et al., 2011).

According to the results, statistically significant differences were observed in students» ego orientation between the genders and the classes of the students.

Results indicated that significant difference is observed between female elementary students of experimental and control groups at posttest phase in terms of worry and anxiety.

I heard and observed that difference myself, from the eleventh grade student in Leigh VandenAkker's class at East High School who told me that he «almost never went to school» in his middle school years, but since taking this course in ninth grade has turned his attendance around and now almost never misses school.