Sentences with phrase «on his academic performance as»

Eventually, the excessive gaming took a toll on his academic performance as he found it increasingly dif cult to concentrate in class.

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A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that, when asked to rate junior scientists based on scholarly accomplishments and job interview performance, academics in the traditionally male - dominated STEM fields rated female candidates as being more hireable than their equally qualified male applicants.

Fitza's research builds on (and subverts) a large body of academic work connecting CEO performance to company performance — using return on assets as the metric of the latter.

As managers and academic researchers have tried to remedy the inadequacies of current performance measurement systems, some have focused on making financial measures more relevant.

Teenage pregnancy is being cited as one of — if not the leading cause — of delinquency and crime, and it has been proven to have a direct bearing on behavior problems in school and academic performance.

Eating breakfast improves academic performance, health, and behavior; that means better performance on standardized tests, improved concentration and memory, better math scores, better attendance and fewer tardies, as well as fewer behavioral referrals to the front office.

PS 116's principal Jane Hsu told DNA Info that the school «spent over a year «analyzing studies focused on the effects of traditional homework» and decided that it was more important for the Pre-K through fifth grade students to do activities that «have been proven to have a positive impact on student academic performance and social / emotional development» such as reading at their own pace and playing.»

Indeed, some students even report that their parents support their partying, so long as it is done «responsibly» and does not have immediate effects on academic or athletic performance.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has quietly dropped plans to raise passing scores on Common Core Regents exams in English and math by the year 2022 — plans originally pushed as a linchpin in efforts for students» strengthened academic performance and preparation for college and careers.

Academic performance on annual ELA and math tests at the school are low as well, according to DOE statistics.

Speaking on the significant impact of Opon Imo since its introduction, Governor Aregbesola said since the advent of the electronic gadgets which serve as crucial educational intervention, the performance of students across the state have tremendously improved in terms of results and academic prizes.

«Spontaneous development has been recorded since the intervention of this technological initiative of our administration as our students results have improved through the academic tools being given to them, while their performance has been on the increase.

The quality of standardized tests and the English language proficiency of students also need to be considered, Rumore said, as well as how to evaluate teachers on the academic performance of special education students.

A family - centered, school - based intervention in pre-kindergarten programs developed at NYU Langone Medical Center, known as ParentCorps, has a positive and lasting impact on mental health and academic performance, according to new research published online October 3 in JAMA Pediatrics.

For instance, physical inactivity is linked to poorer results on standard neuropsychological tests as well as academic performance, though exercise appears to improve attention, decision making and memory.

In the maiden issue of the Journal of Character Education, a team of researchers reports on a study of the relative academic performance of schools in California that described themselves as having substantial character education components.

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.

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.

Research on the link between handwriting in early education and increased academic performance as children grow up is increasing.

Studies have shown that schools offering intense physical activity programs have seen positive effects on academic performance such as improvements in math, reading, and classroom behavior — even when the added time takes away from academic instruction time.

The strategy followed by nations throughout East Asia and much of Europe has been to base admission to specific universities and academic programs (such as law and medicine) largely on students» performance on a battery of subject - specific examinations devised by a nation's ministry of education.

The public is also famously and enduringly off the mark regarding the academic performance of their local schools, still sipping the warm waters of Lake Wobegon and giving honors grades to «the public schools in your community,» even while conferring far lower marks on «the public schools in the nation as a whole.»

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

Several principals who use PBIS told Education World that they were elated to see that when student behavior improved under the system and teachers had more time to focus on instruction, academic performance shot up as well.

In New York state, we have moved from an essentially academic approach to a system that we'll put in place in a few years based on performance assessment [including] value - added requirements, as well as the use of video and attached rubrics, that focus on the practice of teaching.

Once the state has decided on its policy position, however, a judicial presence should be maintained to ensure that the chosen policy is fully funded, is implemented in a coherent manner, and results in substantially improved student performance, as measured by validated assessments of academic achievement and of students» ability to function as capable citizens and workers.

Although the study showed that parents» involvement in school events still had a positive effect on adolescents» achievement, it did not rank as highly as parents conveying the importance of academic performance, relating educational goals to occupational aspirations, and discussing learning strategies.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

Given these findings, cutting back on physical education with the aim of improving academic performance, as some districts have done or may be considering, is likely to be counterproductive.

Newsweek listed it as one of the top ten most transformational high schools in America, and its schools consistently outperformed their peers on California's Academic Performance Index (API).

As instructional leader ~ the principal must keep a pulse on all aspects of the school including: academic performance ~ finance ~ safety ~ personnel issues ~ etc..

The Coleman Report identified the peer group at school as an important factor affecting learning, but several papers in this volume suggest that the socioeconomic status or academic ability of peers has little effect on academic performance.

But as times changed and more pressure was put on academic performance I did not focus much time on this.

Concerns over our educational system, fueled by our students» poor performance in international comparisons of achievement, have reinvigorated the call for early academic instruction as a remedy for inadequate teaching later on.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

So, she left her position as chief executive officer and lead tutor to become a long - term substitute teacher in the New York City Public Schools, hoping to have a greater impact on the academic performance of students of color.

Although physical activity can not be branded as a silver bullet to increase academic performance among every pupil, evidence shows that its numerous benefits on metabolism help children and teenagers to enhance their scholastic abilities.

Initial plans for the target had prompted fears that creative subjects could be squeezed out of the curriculum as schools rushed to focus on the five academic subjects included in the EBacc performance measure.

The focus of education must be on academic learning and growth as opposed to an isolated performance on a single assessment.

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Webs, concept maps, mind maps and plots such as stack plots and Venn diagrams are some of the types of graphic organizers used in visual learning to enhance thinking skills and improve academic performance on written papers, tests and homework assignments.

The report cards must generally include information on students» academic performance disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and gender, as well as disability, migrant, and English proficiency status — and specifically for students from low - income families.

Individual scores on the annual Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) in mathematics and reading and English language arts were used as the measure of student performance.

For more than a decade, we used the Academic Performance Index (API), which was based solely on test scores and established 800 as proficient on a scale of 200 to 1000.

Alexander was reacting to that era's academic scare — Sputnik and its gremlins — and bemoaning the fact that greater emphasis on math, science, and «more homework» meant for many students «less time and energy for the fine arts, for homemaking and industrial arts, and for such special interests as dramatics, journalism, musical performance, scouting, camping, outside jobs, and general reading.»

Performance - based compensation systems must consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles.

His responsibilities there included helping students improve their grades, overseeing the hands - on learning center, communicating with parents regarding student academic performance and coordinating annual events such as the spelling bee and Battle of the Brains.

This report focused on the inability of existing evaluation tools to distinguish between different levels of educator performance, finding, among other things, that nearly all teachers were rated as «good» or «great,» even in schools where students failed to meet basic academic standards.

And during the academic year 2013 - 14, superintendents shall review the performance and evaluations of all teachers, selecting 25 percent of those who have shown effectiveness as demonstrated by proficiency on the teacher evaluation instrument and recommending them for 4 - year contracts to the local school board.

During her tenure at Hamilton, student achievement improved in all subgroups as evidenced by growth on the California Academic Performance Index.