Sentences with phrase «only teacher attitudes»
Even so, as Taylor points out, tests are a reality in schools today, and the only teacher attitudes that will really help students are those that promote a constructive approach to testing.
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The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.
Starting as a teacher and chess coach at Vaux Middle School and through his years as principal at several traditional public and charter schools, Thomas - EL has transformed the attitudes and strategies of school staff, parents, and members of the community to help hundreds of troubled children not only graduate from high school but go on to earn higher degrees from major colleges and universities.
Supporting this research, VanGunten and Martin (2001) found that the typical 10 - week course in multicultural education only minimally affects preservice teachers» attitudes toward race, class, and gender.
Many explanations have been offered for grade inflation, starting with teachers (one - half, in one study) basing grades on factors only indirectly related to student performance, including effort, ability, behavior, and attitude (Bursuck et al., 1996).
The National Union of Teachers» general secretary Christine Blower said gender was a significant factor, but not the only one at play in determining performance in and attitudes to reading.
Worse, the attitude that if a child fails a test she should take comfort that it is only a «brief failure» is completely out of touch with the severely punitive nature of high - stakes testing these days, in which a low test score can mean a student does not graduate, teachers are fired, and whole schools are shut down.
According to Heo (2011), teachers must overcome not only those external barriers but also the «internal barriers dealing with organizational culture and pedagogy such as teachers» attitudes, beliefs, practices, and resistance toward educational technology» (p. 62).
She found that teachers not only developed technology integration knowledge, but positively changed their technology integration practices and attitudes.