Sentences with phrase «of academic achievement of students»

Her previous publications include reports of research comparing the educational attitudes of male graduates of coed schools and single - sex schools, research describing the effects of gendered basic skills instruction, and a report of academic achievement of students in single gender programs.

Existing empirical evidence, however, does not find a strong role for measured characteristics of teachers — such as teacher experience, education, and test scores of teachers — in the determination of academic achievement of students.

Not exact matches

Chuck Cohn is the CEO and founder of Varsity Tutors, a live learning platform that connects students with personalized instruction to accelerate academic achievement.

Farrell notes that colleges and universities tout the successes of their incoming students — test scores, academic achievement, acceptance rates, and the like — but rarely spend the same amount of energy sharing data about job placement and success rates of graduates.

UPEI's Faculty of Business has up to seven (7) EMBA Entrance Awards valued from $ 3,500 to $ 5,000, which are offered each year to incoming EMBA students based on academic and professional achievements, as well as leadership skills or potential.

Admission to the program is based on criteria that ensure high standards of academic quality and student achievement, as well as diversity.

And, in the midst of that, the students received additional support to improve their academic achievement.

As most professors will tell you, today's student culture is fixated on identity politics and is terrified of anything less than an «A.» In sum: diversity and academic achievement, with «merit» defined as the maximization of both.

Legal representatives for the families of the two students argue, however, that it is unlawful for a school to exclude students on the grounds of an alleged poor academic achievement.

The Kitchen Community builds Learning Gardens in schools around the U.S. reaching hundreds of thousands of students every school day, improving their vegetable intake and academic achievements.

Zimmerman BJ, Kitsantas A. Comparing students» self - discipline and self - regulation measures and their prediction of academic achievement.

The term «Gifted» is defined by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.

Indeed, a rich body of research suggests homework might benefit older students, and, even then, that there is no strong evidence that homework improves academic achievement (as discussed in this article from the Center for Public Education).

Educate administrators on the importance of school meals in contributing to student wellness and academic achievement.

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

This short letter accomplishes so much — it promotes the school meal program and lets people know that there is fresh fruit being served; it highlights the «vision» of two key players whose support you need to move forward; it connects student health with academic achievement; and it lets people know that your group exists and has a voice.

The SUNY Chancellor announced that three SUNY Cortland students are among the 84 recipients of the 2017 - 18 Scholar Athlete Award, which recognizes outstanding academic excellence and athletic achievement.

The students are therefore calling on the government to desist from delays in payment of scholarship allowances in order to fast track the achievement of academic goals.

«Entice families to stay engaged in the educational system, by promising free college tuition, but most important, we used our resources to put various types of support in schools for students and their families to enhance opportunities for academic achievement,» she said of the program.

The Buffalo School Board is taking a hard look at all of the programs outside of the brick and mortar classrooms intended to help students do better in academic achievement.

Here in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instAcademic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language iAchievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instacademic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language iachievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instruction.

«This initiative should serve as a reminder that the needs of all students deserve to be met — in the absence of a distractive bathroom experience that can impede academic achievement,» she said.

This drive for academic achievement leads to high attainment in international academic assessments but has contributed to the curtailment of nocturnal sleep on school nights to well below the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep, putting students at risk of cognitive and psychological problems.

«The economic, social, and academic backgrounds of the students who attend segregated schools could be the cause of differences in achievement — and not aspects of the segregated settings themselves,» said Kainz.

«Over the past decade we've been able to identify a growing number of educational interventions that have managed to have notable impacts on students» academic achievement as measured by standardized tests,» West says.

«Maintaining and improving school integration is important, as previous research has shown that students of all races who attend diverse schools demonstrate higher academic achievement in reading, language, mathematics and science,» reported Frankenberg.

The bulk of evidence over the last century «suggests that academic acceleration and most forms of ability grouping like cross-grade subject grouping and special grouping for gifted students can greatly improve K - 12 students» academic achievement.»

Depending on how many students at a given school live in poverty, strong parental networks have a favorable or inhibiting effect on the academic achievements of their children.

He found that the money did not make much of a difference in the academic achievement of the students most likely to be affected.

Scholarly articles published by over 20 researchers in Monographs, titled «The Relation of Childhood Physical Activity to Brain Health, Cognition and Scholastic Achievement» indicate that while physical activity in schools has diminished in part because of a growing emphasis on student performance and academic testing, decreased physical activity is actually related to decreased academic performance.

IQ is generally considered a predictor of learning ability, but in this study with students who are intellectually disabled or low IQ, the results showed that IQ didn't always predict academic achievement.

Offered by the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, the Global Health Scholarship Program awards full - tuition scholarships to Master of Public Health or Master of Health Science students with extraordinary academic achievements and potential to contribute to the field of global health.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligStudents who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a sligstudents in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

In order to assess student preparation and readiness for the naturopathic medical program, applicants will be required to document evidence of academic achievement, submit a personal statement and three letters of reference, as well as attend an in - person interview.

On average, today's teachers are older and hence their preparation for teaching occurred when academic achievement was not recognized as the primary purpose of schooling; their professional experience was in institutions that did not demand academic performance from them or their students.

I met Branch at D.C.'s family - funded Flamboyan Foundation, which trains — and pays — teachers to visit their students» homes as part of a strategy to use better relations between schools and families as a means to improving academic achievement.

Nonetheless, NCLB offered some positive changes that the new ESSA maintains, including academic standards, annual assessments of reading and math achievement, and report cards on schools that students, parents and the public can use to gauge results.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject area.

While the word «accountability» never appears in Risk, its call for higher academic standards and its focus on student achievement as the main barometer of quality laid the intellectual groundwork for the rigorous curricula and tests envisioned by the promoters of standards - based -LSB-...]

Education researchers and Native American educators are drawing up a blueprint intended to guide research into interventions that will improve the academic achievement of American Indian students.

The authors also offer one recommendation to the Department of Education, which is finalizing its ESSA regulations: Going forward, Washington should allow states to rate academic achievement using a performance index that gives schools additional credit for getting students to an advanced level.

Burris combines reviews of academic studies, as well as personal anecdotes from her own experience as an educator, to argue that ability tracking has a negative effect on the educational achievement of «low track» students while also undermining social cohesion.

Service learning can have positive effects on students» performance on subject - matter examinations and assessments and creates opportunities known to improve academic achievement, such as giving students the chance to act autonomously, develop good relationships with adults and peers, and increase personal self - esteem and feelings of self - efficacy.

And the principals» advisory groups — also composed of high school students — help administrators address issues like school safety and academic achievement through a student lens.

The power of culture - and its effect on student achievement - is evident in adolescents» lesser concentration on academic endeavors as they focus more on television, video games, and excessive employment during the school year.

After years of stagnation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, achievement began to rise again in the late «90s — particularly in the earlier grades and most notably in math — as states set new academic standards, started testing their students regularly, and installed their own versions of «consequential accountability» systems.

Many pundits point to the fact that in the United States, teachers tend not to be drawn from the top of the academic - performance distribution, as is the case in countries with higher student achievement, such as Finland, Korea, and Singapore.

«Reassessing the Achievement Gap: Fully Measuring What Students Should Be Taught in School» argues that NAEP results offer a «distorted» picture of student achievement because of their exclusive focus on academic skills and take attention away from nontested areas that often fall under the purview Achievement Gap: Fully Measuring What Students Should Be Taught in School» argues that NAEP results offer a «distorted» picture of student achievement because of their exclusive focus on academic skills and take attention away from nontested areas that often fall under the purview achievement because of their exclusive focus on academic skills and take attention away from nontested areas that often fall under the purview of schools.

The Impact of Student Composition on Academic Achievement in High School», Teachers College Record, 107 (9).

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.