Sentences with phrase «of additional maths»

The research claimed that teenage girls are deterred by the inflexibility of additional maths courses and the curriculum, and are not put off the subject due to lack of reward or level of difficultly.

This summer's GCSE results saw the proportion of additional maths students attaining an A or A * rocket to 56.6 per cent — this is up from 29.9 per cent in 2011, making it the most improved GCSE subject for top grades of the last five years.

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Board Members also heard updates on several major CCSD projects: the proposed adoption of new instructional materials for math classes across Grades K - 12, which will provide teachers with a system of integrated text and online resources that eliminates the need to seek out additional resources in order to cover all standards and individualize instruction; and the implementation now underway of a new business management system that increases the efficiency of timekeeping, payroll and personnel operations, which will save CCSD time and money.

«As head of maths, I am frequently asked about pupil premium interventions but I have no additional resources for this.»

The proposed schools would offer lab and computer sciences, Regents level instruction in science and math, and additional hours of STEM instruction during the school day to support female students aiming to apply for one of the city's specialized high schools.

«The state's budget includes a $ 248 million increase in school aid, $ 212 million more for the state takeover of Medicaid, and $ 60 million in additional tax revenue — calling this significant increase a cut is disingenuous and the city should check its math.»

The Coalition for Educational Justice and the UFT have been urging the city since the start of the school year to provide additional help for those students who scored below state standards on the most recent state exams in reading and math.

But Frank Mauro of the Democratic - leaning Fiscal Policy Institute said he'd tried to do the math on Wilson's calculations and concluded that the additional taxes he projects are «off by an order of magnitude.»

So while India gained 17 million people in that year and the U.S. gained three million, by this simplified math the U.S. growth in population counted for the equivalent of an additional 25.6 million tons of oil consumed, whereas India's much greater growth counted for only 6.6 million additional tons.

The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved performance on additional measures of working memory as well as enhanced other skills, including math, reading, writing and following instructions in a classroom.

For its part, the district doubled the amount of time spent on math and gave teachers shared planning time to prepare additional lessons.

For example, preschool systems in Tulsa and Boston have produced gains of between half and a full year of additional learning in reading and math.

I'm basing this on what I can see from the images and specs — the post hole spacing is 2 inches, there are 7 holes (14 inches) on each segment of the post, you need at least 4 holes (8 inches) of the post kept down inside the upright to secure it; do the math (14 - 8) and you get a max of 6 inches of additional height.

When I did the math, I was scared «sober» from the thought of packing on an additional 18 lbs in three weeks, of which only three pounds was baby growth.

We are investing millions to get more children studying these subjects by training an additional 17,500 teachers over the next 5 years and setting up expert maths hubs to replicate the success of top - performing Asian countries.»

Researchers have found that replacements for low - rated teachers have produced four or five months» worth of additional student learning in math and nearly as much in reading over three school years.

We use common statistical procedures to estimate the effect on math and reading test scores of each additional year of actual attendance at a charter school.

Accountability pressure could have caused students to learn more math through: 1) additional class time and resources devoted to math instruction and 2) changes in students» later course - taking patterns, sparked by improved on - time passage of the exit exam.

Schools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public schools.

«This is an exciting opportunity for schools to provide additional support for students in the build up to important summer exams», stated Ben Caulfield, CEO of Maths Doctor.

This suggests that additional math coursework may be a key mechanism for the long - term impacts of accountability pressure under the Texas policy.

Research illustrating the link between maths skills in infancy and preschool does not suggest that maths development is fixed, as a range of additional factors can promote and enhance maths achievement.

A decade ago, Spanish teacher David Calle began uploading videos of simple maths lessons to YouTube to provide students, many of whom can't afford private tutoring, with additional support beyond the traditional classroom.

Limiting the definition of «school performance» to math performance is a major limitation of the book, especially since the ECLS - K included some of these additional outcome measures.

On average across middle and high school math, TFA teachers out - performed veteran teachers by 0.07 standard deviations, the equivalent of 2.6 additional months of instruction or helping a student move from the 27th to the 30th percentile on a normal distribution of test scores.

The CREDO report found that students in Boston charter schools gain the equivalent of 259 additional days of instruction in math and 245 days in reading compared to their counterparts in traditional district schools.

Prior research has demonstrated that additional mathematics coursework in high school is associated with higher earnings later in life, and that even one additional year of math coursework increases annual earnings by between 4 and 8 percentage points.

Relative to the median, a teacher at the 84th percentile increases math and English scores by 12 and 8 percent of a standard deviation, respectively — equivalent to approximately 3 months of additional instruction.

For example, the effect of a one - hour later start time on math scores is roughly 14 percent of the black - white test - score gap, 40 percent of the gap between those eligible and those not eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, and 85 percent of the gain associated with an additional year of parents» education.

than the value of an additional year of experience and that things like teachers» college selectivity, whether they had a math major, or their prior coursework in math had no effect at all.

The math skills acquired by the average Apollo 20 student represent an estimated three and a half months of additional schooling.

For instance, the median finding across 10 studies of teacher effectiveness estimates that a teacher who is one standard deviation above the average in terms of quality produces additional learning gains for students of 0.12 standard deviations in reading and 0.14 standard deviations in math.

A pdf file containing hundreds of random questions to revise topics for the FSMQ exam (additional maths).

We therefore decided to provide an additional concrete representation of maths which parents could take away and refer to.

The trial was delivered by researchers from the University of Bristol and Harvard University and independent evaluators from Queen's University Belfast found that pupils receiving the intervention made an additional month's progress in maths compared with a similar group whose parents didn't get the texts.

The CREDO analysis also shows that Michigan's low - income students, who comprise the vast majority of charter students in Detroit, make modest achievement gains (less than a month of additional learning in math each year) compared to district schools, as do black and Hispanic students.

Our own study (the largest rigorous study of KIPP) estimated that over three years KIPP middle schools have an average cumulative impact of 0.21 standard deviations in reading and 0.36 standard deviations in math, roughly equivalent to an additional eight to 11 months of learning.

If successful, three additional private - public partnerships for advanced math and science students would be established in other parts of the state.

ELT has since become an integral part of the school day, where students receive an additional 60 minutes of support instruction in some core academic classes like English and math, and 90 minutes of electives in arts, sports and music, and other enrichment activities.

The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, better known and feared as the MCAS, fulfills the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act through annual tests in English and math (and now additional subjects).

Alex Hernandez of the Charter School Growth Fund celebrated: «[CREDO] reports that the 107,000 students whose schools receive support from the Charter School Growth Fund gain, on average, the equivalent of four additional months of learning in math and three additional months of learning in reading each year when compared to peers in other public schools.»

Then, students who are not progressing adequately in the regular, high - quality classroom are provided with some type of intervention — an additional, smaller math or reading class, for example (tier two).

Starting in the 1980s, states increased the number of courses required for high school graduation, and began mandating students take additional courses in core academic areas such as math, science, social studies and foreign language.

Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that NYC charter students gained an additional one month of learning per year in reading over their district - school peers; in math the advantage was five months of additional learning each year.

Based on the findings presented here, the typical student in Michigan charter schools gains more learning in a year than his [traditional public school (TPS)-RSB- counterparts, amounting to about two months of additional gains in reading and math.

An ideal companion to those studying this course, similar Additional Maths courses, or just wanting to become familiar with some of the more advanced mathematics they will encounter in more detail when they begin A-level Maths.

And while we know that young children need a healthy dose of playtime in school, a new study reminds us why academics are important at that age: Over the course of a year, preschoolers who spent more time on language, literacy, and math activities than their peers gained, on average, 2.5 months of additional learning.

This summer candidates who sit new more challenging English and maths GCSEs will receive a mixture of number and letter grades, and by the summer of 2018 a mix of numbers and letters will be awarded in an additional 20 subjects.

Hansen reports comparable impacts from additional days with more than four inches of snow on 8th - grade students» performance on math tests in Colorado.

When charter students moved to higher - quality schools, they gained an additional fifty - eight days of learning in reading and eighty - eight days of learning in math by the third year after their school closed.