Sentences with phrase «observing practices»

This is because some historic changes in observing practices, site moves and changes in exposure are undocumented.

Moms are instructed to observe this practice from their child's first day home from the hospital and then to extend tummy time as their babies grow older.

This small change was made to mitigate the effects of suspect data due to poor observing practices at the station.

All data are adjusted for changes in instruments and observing practices where necessary.

Although we work hard, we encourage students to listen to their bodies and rest or observe practices when needed.

Today more than 70 countries observe the practice, although how it is implemented has varied over the years.

All of these elements can be considered a function of time, since observing practices and equipment have changed over time.

In the next few days, observe your practice from an SEL perspective.

They passed that tradition down each year by observing the practices of Passover, which included baking matzo, which we still eat to this day.

If you are new to the flat version of Halasana and are aware of problems in your neck or lumbar spine, it may be a good idea to have a qualified teacher observe your practice to help avoid injury.

In fact, on page 24, the report clearly says that the relationship between test prep and value - added on standardized tests is weaker than other observed practices, but does not claim that the relationship is negative:

The impact on student achievement is the most important metric, but it is also instructive to consider the opinions of TFA corps members» employers, who observe their practices day to day.

There is extensive electronic and paper - based documentation that describes historical observing practices for individual stations across the Bureau.

In schools randomly assigned to EPP, students» test scores improved (0.08 student standard deviations in reading and math), teachers» observed practices improved, and teachers» attitudes about performance evaluation improved.

For example, you might see yourself at the novice level in establishing a learning - focused culture, whereas somebody who regularly observes your practice views your level of expertise as «emerging».

Based on Data Wise and Data Wise in Action, Key Elements of Observing Practice offers insight into one of the most challenging steps in capturing data about school performance: observing and analyzing instructional practice.

Less effective coaches adopt a more didactic model where they simply tell teachers what to do, passively observe practice, and evaluate staff performance against a set observation rubric [26].

Ongoing efforts are being made to recover information on the past observing practices of the various national weather services and to apply adjustments as appropriate.

In it, they documented how a change in observing practices before and after World War II produced a cold bias in the sea surface temperatures that were incorporated into the compilations of global average temperatures (see here and here for more details).

The big problem with much of the discussions about trends in hurricane activity is that the databases that everyone is working from are known to have significant inhomogeneities due to changes in observing practice and technology over the years.

Can you observe some practices or games before you commit?

I observe them practicing at first, then help them bring their feet together, straighten their backs, and focus on their breathing.

One Naturopath for example may be almost indistinguishable from a conventional medical doctor if you were to observe their practice, however they prescribe herbs and vitamins along with pharmaceutical medicines.

Additional resources allowed practitioners to learn from others going through the same challenges on the course to improvement: Data Wise in Action (2007) chronicled the ups and downs of eight different schools following the Data Wise process, and Key Elements of Observing Practice (2014), a DVD and facilitator's guide, was created to overcome one of the biggest cultural barriers to school improvement: learning to observe instruction.

Key Elements of Observing Practice (DVD) contains a series of short videos that invite you into classrooms and meeting rooms at the Richard J. Murphy School in Boston, a school that uses data wisely, and comes with a Facilitator's Guide for designing your own process for learning from classroom observation.

Academy scientists will mentor participating teachers, assisting them with independent - study projects and observing their practices in the classroom.

Try this thought experiment with another observed practice to illustrate my point about how the results are being mis - reported... The correlation between student observations that «My teacher seems to know if something is bothering me» and value added was.153, which was less than the.195 correlation for «We spend a lot of time in this class practicing for [the state test].»

They observe these practice activities to gain insights and to provide students with additional time and support.

Key elements of observing practice: A Data-Wise DVD and facilitator's guide.

States and districts would be wise to focus on the goals of their evaluation systems, including differentiating teachers based on their observed practice, providing actionable feedback on how to improve, and using the results to make consequential personnel decisions.

Boudett is co-editor of Data Wise: A Step - By - Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning (2013); Data Wise in Action: Stories of Schools Using Data to Improve Teaching and Learning (2007); Key Elements of Observing Practice: A Data Wise Facilitator's Guide and DVD (2010), and Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators (2014)(all published by Harvard Education Press).

I had the opportunity to observe their practice and began trialling different strategies in my own classroom.

A Course on Effective Teacher - Child Interactions: Effects on Teacher Beliefs, Knowledge, and Observed Practice

The cost, however, is reduced opportunity to observe practice and to reflect on it.

Next, I observe their practice, determining strengths and challenges; transferring strengths into leadership and challenges into opportunities for growth.

She shared a number of valuable insights gained from visiting high - performing American Charter Schools and observing the practice of their best maths teachers.

Once you have established yourself, this supervision may involve only occasional visits to observe your practice

Full - time instructional coaches work directly with corps members, observing their practice and providing professional development in order to accelerate student progress.

In the morning, participants will observe practice - based teacher education in action at either the SLI or SESLA (both summer learning partnerships between U-M SOE and Ann Arbor Public Schools).

They observe that practice differs from theory in that cognitive and information processing constraints cause most end investors to delegate their investment decision making to an agent.