Sentences with phrase «on basic skills taught»

Not exact matches

Our Digital Inclusion Program teaches foster youth basic digital literacy skills and provides them with a laptop and mobile Internet access for five years, two things that most of us take for granted but can be life changing for students who are accustomed to writing essays on their cellphones.

Once the pre-work is completed, on - site training allows the leadership team and subject matter experts to teach in a workshop - based environment that focuses on the application of basic skills to real - world situations.

This is followed by two full weeks of on - site training at our Austin headquarters, which allows our executive team and subject matter experts to teach in a workshop - based environment that focuses on applying basic skills to real - world situations.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

Since boys at highest risk of becoming early fathers can be identified from age eight (see below) engaging with such young males in highly specialised programmes early on (to teach basic life skills, address negative peer influences, promote school success and direct them to alternatives other than early parenthood) is indicated, in order to reduce sexual risk - taking and early fatherhood (Thornberry et al, 2004)

The keys to boosting your baby's development may have more to do with repetition, focusing on basic skills, and choosing to be intentional, than trying to teach him something completely new each day (to reach unrealistic goals) and expecting him to master skills that simply require time to build on each other.

Start Smart programs are opportunities for staff, parents and children to work together to prepare children for sports by teaching them basic motor skills and also sport - specific skills, with the intent of starting children on a lifelong path of health and fitness.

«I want to make sure our coaches have a basic knowledge of skills and be able to teach those, but with the emphasis on learning the skills, not winning the game,» said Autry.

Parents especially love that the book includes a basics section that teaches essential kitchen skills, as well as tips on cleaning up and setting the table.

Learning and showing manners is something he'll do over the course of his lifetime, so as long as you teach him the basic skills and work to improve on them, he'll be confident in social situations as he gets older.

The instructional videos are focused on teaching toddlers, preschoolers, and even elementary students basic English language skills.

Teaching your kids some basic lemonade - stand math not only gives you a good opportunity to work on skills to stave off summer brain drain, but it can also help your child earn some money.

The suit was filed on behalf of two groups, the NYC Parents Union and the Partnership for Educational Justice, and essentially argues the tenure provisions give students access to ineffective teachers and ultimately hinders children the basic constitutional guarantee of being taught literacy, math and verbal skills.

My first journeys were made in company therefore, being taught basic skills and safety during the day, and rugby songs by older lads on the coach back home.

Teach hands - on nutrition and culinary courses including trips to the grocery store to teach our campers how to stock a healthy kitchen, basic cooking and culinary skTeach hands - on nutrition and culinary courses including trips to the grocery store to teach our campers how to stock a healthy kitchen, basic cooking and culinary skteach our campers how to stock a healthy kitchen, basic cooking and culinary skills.

Living on credit and grant money and fighting a change - resistant school board, Pilloton and Miller lead their students through a year - long, full - scale design and build project that does much more than just teach basic construction skills: it shows ten teenagers the power of design thinking to re-invent not just their town but their own sense of what's possible.

Originally developed on iPad for teenagers with autism and complex needs, this software teaches basic cause and effect skills using bright animation and sound.

But on a very small scale, it appears to be working in terms of teaching tech and basic skills — and keeping students engaged in their studies.

Teaches Intermediate and Advanced level skills and assumes some basic previous knowledge of App Inventor (i.e. they have done the cat / paint - pot / mole - masher standard tutorials on the App Inventor Website).

The kind of research that supports them are not instructional studies on how to teach the standards, but instead are studies of what is taught in other countries, or what students need to know (in terms of basic skills) when they go into the workplace or into the college.

The first responsibility of any coach is to take away the fear of physical injury by teaching and drilling the basics so every team member is skilled enough to protect himself or herself on the field during the action.

The only way to do well on these tests is to teach students well — and not just basic skills, but a well - rounded curriculum that includes art and music, history and science, geography and literature.

Santoscoy uses peer mediation groups and one - on - one sessions to teach kids basic problem - solving skills.

A great activity for the end of the first year of teaching of French covering a variety of basic topics but focusing mainly on sound - spelling and reading skills.

Charles Fadel, Cisco's global lead for education, suggests that educators devote their multimedia resources and interactive lessons to teaching complex subjects, rather than wasting them on building students» basic skills.

When the economy rides and stumbles on $ 700 billion promises — and pocket money vanishes with a few clicks of a mouse — it becomes increasingly urgent to teach young people the basic survival skills of personal finance.

A three - year study of teaching and learning in more than 400 third -, sixth -, and eighth - grade classrooms in Chicago found that when students were given writing and mathematics assignments calling for more authentic work, they performed better on tests used to judge basic skills.

Last but not least, its teaching approach is designed to work with both advanced and struggling students, and intended to foster abstract skills like creativity, depth of thought, and problem solving, rather than focusing on remediation and basic reading and math skills.

«The most effective response to today's findings is focusing on what works across mathematics, reading and science — high - quality leaders teaching an engaging curriculum which delivers strong basic skills, attitudes and behaviours that can equip young people to succeed.

Evaluators use a scoring rubric based on Charlotte Danielson's Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, which describes performance of each skill and practice at four levels: «Distinguished,» «Proficient,» «Basic,» and «Unsatisfactory.»

Last time I taught this we ended up doing two lessons before moving on from the feedback as pupils were not confident enough on the basic skills NOT of integration but index rules.

Wooden classrooms were built on the premises; teachers were hired; foam mattresses on the floor were replaced with bunk beds; fans were placed in each bedroom to decrease heat rashes and mosquito bites; health insurance was purchased for all the children; grey walls were painted colourfully; photos were spread throughout the bedrooms; seeds were purchased to help grow food; chickens were purchased to provide eggs; clothes were provided to break the hand - me - down cycle, and the children were all taught basic hygiene skills.

Fast Facts Linda Nation, who teaches at Crockett Elementary School in Bryan, Texas, submitted this week's lesson in which students play a fun, hands - on game to reinforce basic math - facts skills.

Timothy Shanahan, a literacy researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has co-authored reports on the need for explicit instruction on basic skills, recently argued on his blog that «good teaching includes both didactic lessons and opportunities to practice and play.»

The Best Websites For K - 12 Writing Instruction / Reinforcement The Best Places Where Students Can Write Online The Best Sites For Grammar Practice Not «The Best,» But «A List» Of Mindmapping, Flow Chart Tools, & Graphic Organizers The Best Resources For Researching & Writing Biographies The Best Resources For Learning How To Write Response To Literature Essays The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An «Authentic Audience» The Best Places Where Students Can Create Online Learning / Teaching Objects For An «Authentic Audience» The Best Places To Read & Write «Choose Your Own Adventure» Stories The Best Sites To Learn About Advertising The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary The Best Online Interactive Exercises For Writing That Are Not Related To Literary Analysis The Best Online Resources To Teach About Plagiarism The Best Resources For Learning Research & Citation Skills The Best Sites For Students To Create & Participate In Online Debates The Best Online Resources For Helping Students Learn To Write Persuasive Essays The Best Spelling Sites The Best Sites For Gaining A Basic Understanding Of Adjectives The «Best» Sites For Helping Students Write Autobiographical Incident Essays The Best Sites To Learn «Feelings» Words The Best Sites For ELL's To Learn About Punctuation The Best Resources To Help Students Write Research Essays The Best Sites For Learning To Write A Story The Best Writing Advice From Famous Authors The Best Resources On Punctuation

The course focused on processes for teaching and assessing basic academic skills with an emphasis on explicit instruction.

• More fulfilled and dedicated in and to their profession • They center teaching around the student • Willing to meet the needs of their students through new methods • Able to persist when things don't go as planned • Able to perceive their student's learning levels • More frequent in offering assistance to students with learning problems and to help them become more successful • Less likely to submit students with learning problems for special services • Able to set higher goals and expect more from students • Work longer with students who are falling behind • Able to teach students in such a way that the students outperform other classes • A predictor of success for students on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the Canadian Achievement Test, and the Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool (Trull, 2004)

While one class of students works with a paraprofessional to cover basic knowledge and skills, the expanded impact teacher teaches another class of students, focusing on delivering personalized and enriched instruction.

Residents must demonstrate a basic level of competence with classroom management and instructional skills in order to move on to the next phase of the program: student teaching.

As a result, the tests tend to leave the best teachers — those with wider teaching repertoires who are able to move students beyond the basics — at a disadvantage, while putting pressure on the entire school system to focus on low - level skills.

A Los Angeles book launch event on Dec. 2 featured four Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellows and contributing writers: Sujata Bhatt, founder of the Incubator School; Kyle Hunsberger, a mathematics teacher at Johnnie L. Cochrain, Jr., Middle School who developed and successfully implemented a 6th - grade basic - skills intervention program; Jeannette Marrone, a founding teacher at Environmental Science and Technology High School; and Stephanie Widmer, a Teach for America Learning Team Leader and humanities teacher at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy.

And when they miss out on a lot of these learning opportunities — especially in the foundational and basic skills taught in elementary school — students are ultimately at increased risk of falling behind and dropping out of school.

NSCS's writing curriculum focuses on ensuring students understand and apply basic grammar skills through the explicit, research - based teaching required to develop rich written language and helps the student apply these skills to research, informative writing, persuasive argument, narratives and college preparatory writing.

With our strong emphasis on teaching basic skills to every student, we designed teaching and evaluation methods that require each student to demonstrate mastery of basic skills and knowledge in all content areas.

In general, teaching methods are old fashioned, with an emphasis on memorization, structured learning, and «drill and kill» exercises directed at the mastery of basic skills.

More specifically, how do preservice physical educators, (general preparation, pre - student - teaching / internship, and post - student - teaching / internship) rate their own competence on (a) basic computer skill levels and (b) how well they could integrate technology into their learning, research, and future teaching?

Because teacher licensing tests, which are currently focused largely on basic skills and subject - matter knowledge, have not provided a meaningful assessment of capacity to teach before entry, teaching has lacked this key element of a profession.

International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) instruments were used for self - assessments on (a) basic computer skill levels and (b) integrating technology into their learning, research, and future teaching.

This form of accountability has encouraged a renewed emphasis on basic skills, reigniting a debate that has raged throughout American history: whether basic skills can (or should) be taught at the expense of other objectives.

Visuals for teaching very basic computer skills: using a mouse and turning a computer on and off.