In all probability, such a strategy would attract male teachers
of higher aptitude as well.
Within - class and cross-grade programs, which entail moderate amounts of curricular adjustment, boost test scores
of higher aptitude students by about 0.2 to 0.3 standard deviations, or by 2 to 3 months on a grade - equivalent scale.
Not exact matches
While there's the creative side, arts training also values a
high degree
of technical
aptitude, including an extreme attention to detail.
Hard working people who went to top schools, scored
high on
aptitude tests and had a proven track record
of getting results were highly sought after.
Of course, to educate the poor, according to
aptitude, to the
highest standards is enormously expensive.
On the other hand, when teachers possess the authority
of qualified experts in learning and in the guidance
of learning, and when they are organized into strong professional bodies which faithfully exercise responsibility for
high professional standards, they can freely teach with sole regard to individual
aptitude and need and without fear or favor in respect to social class.
All
of our counselors for camps with children over five years
of age have graduated
high school and show an
aptitude towards childcare.
The vast majority
of those who serve in the enlisted ranks
of the nation's armed services are
high school graduates with strong cognitive
aptitudes.
The book shares glimpses into the lives
of struggling trainees at West Point, National Spelling Bee finalists, and other
high achievers, to illustrate Duckworth's belief that effort and perseverance are more integral to success than inborn
aptitude or I.Q.
And if we are hopeful
of realizing our greatest potential, our
highest self, in 2013, then perhaps we should employ this
aptitude even further... thereby making — Being Uncomfortable the New Black...
John H. Hollifield, in his letter to the editor, called the Scholastic
Aptitude Test «the specific measure that we use to judge all...
high schools («An «Effective» School That Fails To Meet the Standard Measure
of Effectiveness,» Education Week, March 21, 1984).
The board — which oversees the country's largest standardized - testing programs, including the Scholastic
Aptitude Tests, the Achievement Tests, and the Advanced Placement tests for
high - school students — is a membership organization
of more than 2,500 colleges, schools, school systems, and education associations.
Colleges take account
of students»
aptitude,
high - school grades, extracurricular activities, and character in making acceptance decisions, so the selectivity
of a teacher's college summarizes a complex set
of information on
aptitude, work ethic, leadership, creativity, and so on.
You must adjust the data to take account
of this, or they may give you the false impression that competition raises the demand for
high -
aptitude teachers.
It found that «attending an exam school increases the rigor
of high school courses taken and the probability that a student graduates with an advanced
high school degree» but «has little impact on Scholastic
Aptitude Test scores, college enrollment, or college graduation.»
I posses the
aptitude to teach subjects at a
high level and the ability to break them down for the purpose
of differentiation.
MI theory asserts that individuals who have a
high level
of aptitude in one intelligence do not necessarily have a similar
aptitude in another intelligence.
Unionization and the introduction
of collective bargaining can be expected to increase average pay for all teachers but reduce the difference between average pay and the pay received by those with both
high and low
aptitudes, thereby discouraging entry into teaching by women with
higher aptitude while attracting those with lower
aptitudes.
Meanwhile, the share
of the
highest -
aptitude graduates who became teachers shifted downward by about 12 percentage points.
High -
aptitude women may have pulled away from education in order to take special advantage
of the new opportunities.
The article, published in the April 19 People magazine, reports the findings
of Julian Stanley, a psychologist at The Johns Hopkins University who has completed a nationwide search for youngsters under 13 years
of age who have scored 700 or
higher on the mathematics portion
of the Scholastic
Aptitude Test.
That is, if the average teacher's SAT score at highly selective colleges is consistently 50 points lower (or
higher) than that
of the average student at such colleges, and a similar consistency holds for the other groupings, then we have a good measure
of changes in the
aptitudes of those entering the teaching profession.
America's most influential
high - stakes exams — the SAT - I and the ACT — serve
higher education's need to sort students by
aptitude, not the needs
of high schools that are trying to reward students who have learned what the school is trying to teach.
Studies have found that graduating from a good college and achieving
high scores on tests
of verbal
aptitude are reasonable, though highly imperfect, indicators
of teacher quality.
Sternberg (1999) asserted that creativity is the «
aptitude to generate work that is unique and original as well as suitable for the specific task or problem one is attempting to solve» (p. 3); this comports with Webb's
higher levels
of DOK.
When all the experts agree that early identification is key to gifted education, our public schools are failing at the basic first step
of finding kids with a
high aptitude!
So if the statistical controls used did not effectively «control for» the lack
of non random assignment
of students into classrooms, teachers may have been assigned
high value - added scores not necessarily because they were
high value - added teachers but because they were non-randomly assigned
higher performing,
higher aptitude, etc. students, in the first place and as a whole.
Prior to the enactment
of Bush's bipartisan No Child Left Behind in 2001,
high - stakes standardized testing was mostly limited to college - entrance exams such as the Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT).
Working memory (WM), the ability to store and manipulate information for short periods
of time, is an important predictor
of scholastic
aptitude and a critical bottleneck underlying
higher - order
(4) Early and measured use
of high level thinking skills, academic creativity, leadership skills, intense academic interest areas, communications skills, foreign language
aptitude or technology expertise.
Would - be teachers would face an
aptitude test to assess their suitability for the job and the number
of high quality graduates becoming teachers would be doubled, he said.
L. 108 — 454, § 106 (a), inserted at end «Such term also includes national tests for admission to institutions
of higher learning or graduate schools (such as the Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Graduate Record Exam (GRE), and Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)-RRB- and national tests providing an opportunity for course credit at institutions
of higher learning (such as the Advanced Placement (AP) exam and College - Level Examination Program (CLEP)-RRB-.»
Using students» reading test scores as an indicator
of U.S. students»
aptitude in literacy, more than 6 in 10 students at the elementary, middle and
high school level are less than proficient in reading.
This will work for some students, particularly if they have a great deal
of support, personal motivation, and
aptitude, but does not work for the majority as evident in
high disengagement and drop out rates in this population (Sheng, Sheng, & Anderson, 2011; Suárez - Orozco et.
University based programs are offered to junior -
high - age students who have met a minimum score criterion on the Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT), given in the spring to all students in the system who are at the 95th percentile or
higher on the Iowa Test
of Basic Skills (ITBS), mathematics or verbal sections.
Throughout our analysis we characterize students by their math
aptitude as measured by their performance on the required 8th grade math end
of grade test, with performance divided into deciles from low to
high.
That's due to their
aptitude for engineering
high - quality models, but it's also because the brand makes the safety
of everyone one
of their top priorities.
Your first inclination when driving a crossover might not be to carve up the nearest switchback, but given the Juke's already segment - straddling
aptitude for cornering, the NISMO - provided suspension upgrades — composed
of stiffer springs and shocks, and retuned electric power steering — allow for flatter cornering and
higher limits on the standard - issue summer rubber.
The sole purpose
of the assignments is to check your
aptitude for business and you have to think like professionals while writing to score
high.
The story documents his perseverance in overcoming obstacles, some stemming from being African American — a school
aptitude test that indicated he was not cut out to be an engineer, the prejudice he and his
high - school team experienced while winning the 1968 University
of Alabama science fair, and professional doubts concerning his abilities.
One thing all
of our people have in common besides English as a first language and
high aptitude for research is their ability to write well.
Unfortunately, trying to read through their requirements is rather challenging unless you received extensive wedgies in
high school and / or have the intellectual
aptitude of a Singaporean.
Have an Armed Forces Qualification Test score
of 50, or
higher on the Armed Services Vocational
Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
This breed was created by combining a number
of other breeds, such as the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, which gives the Australian Terrier traits such as being a good ratter, a
high acrobatic ability and the
aptitude to be a great watch dog.
JOB SUMMARY: Candidates with a strong desire and
aptitude to become successful
high volume surgeons would be part
of a 2 doctor team handling 50 - 60 spay / neuter surgeries per day.
The Litter Box One
of the best things about owning cats is their
high aptitude for housetraining.
Despite the checkered history
of licensed games, there were
high hopes for this due to the established
aptitude that Chair Entertainment has shown over the years.
12 months 12 completion with ACER administered
Higher Training LL&N testing and / or online technology
aptitude testing with a minimum score
of 60 % or Direct Entry together with prior academic attainment; ACER administered
Higher Education LL&N testing and / or online know - how
aptitude testing with a minimal rating
of 60 %.
The SAT has been around since 1926, and for 90 years,
high school students
of every generation have needed to complete the 3 - hour, standardized, scholastic
aptitude test to qualify for entry into college.
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