Sentences with phrase «on academic skill»

So - called readiness tests tend to concentrate on academic skills, but most usually evaluate other aspects of development.

«Despite budget cuts and increasing emphasis on academic skills, schools are choosing to focus on improving student health, which ultimately can support improved academic performance.»

05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP schools across the country operate on longer days — her school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.

«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 of schools.

As Haskins points out, the early childhood education community has resisted a focus on academic skills in Head Start, concerned that attention to academic skills will dilute efforts to promote positive social and emotional development and that the comprehensive health services that Head Start currently provides will be abandoned.

Each scenario gets students thinking about real issues, while drawing on the academic skills (like writing and reasoning) that they use all day.

Miss Shipley's table works on academic skills while the other table works on creative hands on, science, art and cooking activities.

The problem, he says, is that the intense emphasis on standardized testing in recent years has pushed a lot of American schools to focus almost exclusively on academic skills, cognitive skills.

The current emphasis on college and career readiness focuses not only on academic skills needed for students to maximize their potential, but also on the aspirations students need to develop the knowledge, drive, and motivation to pursue future endeavors.

If you provide remediation that is only based on academic skills development, students that lack academic resiliency fail to fully take advantage of the skill development being provided because of the lack of coping skills for success in an academic setting.

Jamie has found her home here at Thrive where a laser - focus on academic skills, a passion for deeper learning, and a culture of rich relationships pave the way.

The main focus was on academic skills.»

, universities tend to focus about 75 % on your academic skills and 25 % on your extra-curricular activities.

Caregivers with lower child abuse potential, children who used fewer school services and older children had better functioning on the academic skills subscale.

Not exact matches

When I became an academic and joined Duke University in 2005, it was this diversity that inspired me to take a look at the impact of skilled immigrants on U.S. competitiveness.

Adding to the rankings were how well programs equipped their students with skills recruiters seek and student feedback on the school's academics, career services and more.

The game draws on academic publications about «social and emotional learning skills,» an often ignored sector of education.

His team's startup will help graduate students find each other based on their skills and academic backgrounds.

The MBA Global program focuses on academic theory and research - based learning, while the MBA in the Management of Technology and Innovation (MBA MTI) covers management skills while examining complex, technology - related business problems.

It's fitting that the week after the generation's greatest entrepreneur died, business leaders and academics descended on Washington to make the case for relaxing the policies that are cutting the country's richest vein of entrepreneurial talent: skilled immigrants.

Admission will be competitive, based on the student's skills, attitude, experience, and academic record.

«Provocative and timely, Ellsberg lays bare what he sees as a giant hole in much of traditional education — a focus on «academic» knowledge and a de-emphasis on the knowledge and skills necessary to actually succeed in life.

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.

The Report Card on British Columbia's Elementary Schools 2018 ranks 946 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators derived from the provincewide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) results.

We've identified some guidelines by combining lessons from academic research with the practical wisdom of experts on the ground — people we interviewed because they are known for their skill at advising.

Beyond this work, Val consults and advises government officials, academics and private sector leaders on changing trends in training and skill development and speaks regularly on innovation and talent.

If as a pastor you have not had an opportunity to learn either kind of skill, you have several options: Arrange to get the training you need (perhaps your church will provide a sabbatical leave); or ask your church to employ a «minister of group life and lay training» (with academic and clinical training in pastoral care and counseling); or employ a part - time pastoral counselor or accredited chaplain supervisor to coordinate lay training; or simply find a competent supervisor in your community and get your own on - the - job training as a trainer by having him or her coach you as you do lay training.

When the measure, known as Proposition 42, was approved on a second ballot (after having been voted down only a day earlier), it touched off a fire storm of criticism, mostly from coaches who stand to lose the services of youngsters whose academic prowess has not kept pace with their athletic skills.

All i can remember see from Wenger is the academic economical manager who sits on his ass throughout 95 % of the match, entertaining himself with some sick air - guitar skills during the winter.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

We all want our kids to do well in school and to master certain skills and concepts, but our largely singular focus on academic achievement has resulted in a lack of attention to other components of a successful life — the ability to be independent, adaptable, ethical, and engaged critical thinkers.

When all of a child's time is spent on the academic leg, he never has the chance to learn get - along skills, or contribute to household chores, or figure out what's interesting to him.

A singular focus on academics keeps kids from developing other life skills critical for success in a global economy: the ability to self - motivate, collaborate, problem - solve, and persevere when the going gets tough.

The irony is that the very skills kids need to thrive in a global economy — collaboration, innovation, problem - solving — are the ones that get neglected when the sole focus is on academics.

While at a preschool like this the kids will learn more academics earlier, I feel the focus on developing positive discipline and good, self - respecting social skills is far more important for kids this age.

Abilities like grit, resilience, self - control, and so on are less like academic skills (which are taught) and more like psychological conditions that result from personal and environmental factors.

Another issue with viewing grit and self - control as skills: the pressure is on children to master them, like any other academic skill.

Eligible activities will include an activity that: contributes to the development of creative skills or expertise in artistic or cultural activities; provides a substantial focus on wilderness and the natural environment; helps children develop and use particular intellectual skills; includes structured interaction among children where supervisors teach or help children develop interpersonal skills; or provides enrichment or tutoring in academic subjects.

Although the actual curriculum changes based on the individual facility, most will include a combination of academics, life skills experiences and various therapy modalities, like recreational and experiential options along with the usual group, family and individual therapies.

She looks at the students as whole people, and at this stage she is focused more on social and emotional skills, rather than academic milestones.

This intensive summer program focuses on building children's social, emotional and problem - solving skills through recreational and academic activities, and even field trips.

Focusing on the latest research dealing with environmental factors and non-cognitive skills (perseverance, attachment, relationships, etc.), this quick read provides insights on possible strategies and interventions which lead to greater academic and personal success.

As James Heckman and several other researchers have noted, certain, non-cognitive skills or character traits, such as «grit, self - control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude, optimism and curiosity,» have an even greater impact on student achievement than academic skills.

Whether that child receives the majority of his or her care at a center or at its house, the biggest factor in deciding what will have the best effect on the child will be those willing to put in the time and effort it takes to properly develop a child's social, physical, and academic skills.

It also reorganised secondary education into two basic types: grammar schools, which focused on academic studies, with the assumption that many of their pupils would go on to higher education; and secondary modern schools, which were intended for children who would be going into trades, and which therefore concentrated on basic and vocational skills.

However, a spokeswoman for the Department for Education and Skills said the new science GCSE would «maintain a clear focus on academic rigour» while engaging young people so more of them continued the subject after GCSE.

Having worked on yeast genetics during his academic career, when Mark West decided that he just wasn't happy in research any more, he realised that perhaps he could apply his skills in California's wine industry — an industry that is part art, part science.

My academic CV, which went on and on about kinetics, fluorescence, and other things that would have sent someone outside my field running, was thrown in the fire, and I started thinking hard about what transferable skills I had gained during my time in academia.

In true academic tradition, the senior grad students in the laboratory have always been more than happy to pass on their skills and experiences.

Workshops were held, for example, on effective science writing, grant preparation, teaching skills, the academic job search, and how to start up a company.