Sentences with phrase «over their learning environment»

Some badge systems are designed to democratize the learning process, to change who does the assessment and what affect the learners have over their learning environment.

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Solution: Focus first on compensation and benefits, and then shift over to the overall work environment — the work culture, team building, learning opportunities, professional development, less micro management, etc..

Gazidis took over in Nov 08, it takes anyone a short while to learn the ropes of a new environment and Gazidis was coming to EPL for USA, sport is different over there compared to the EPL.

As a beneficiary of over 9 months of nurturing, selfless «ninny» (as my mother learned to call it) back in the still - repressed, conservative Catholic, Pentagon / Air Force - strict environment of Washington, DC where I spent my formative years, I can only imagine how many «stinky bathrooms» and private places like our Volkswagen Bug, etc. she must have had to find when it was time to eat!

But over the years, I have learned, mostly by trial and error, what works and what doesn't in a camping environment with kids.

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Over the five months that it took Erica and Ariana to visit all of the wildlife sanctuaries in the Passport to Nature, the mother - daughter duo learned many lessons — not only about Mass Audubon and the environment but also about their own personal capabilities.

One thing that we've learned, especially from research in neuroscience over the past decade or so, is that when children grow up in environments of intense and chronic stress — what doctors call «toxic stress» — it makes it very difficult for them to develop the kinds of skills that they need to succeed.

The results, said P&G spokeswoman Lisa Hulse Jester, «confirm that what we first learned over a decade ago — that neither disposable nor cloth diapers are better or worse for the environment.»

Not everything from St. Paul Island is muddy: The team collected vegetation to compare it with ancient pollen and other clues to the environment stored in the sediment cores to learn how the island has changed over time

For their research, Craig Stark and Dane Clemenson of UCI's Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory recruited non-gamer college students to play either a video game with a passive, two - dimensional environment («Angry Birds») or one with an intricate, 3 - D setting («Super Mario 3D World») for 30 minutes per day over two weeks.

Or, Spelke puts it, «the negative thing that we learned» from the study is that lab work is not necessarily «sufficient to establish what actually causes knowledge to grow in the mind of a child, over timespans of years in the environments in which children live and learn.»

As scientists and manufacturers develop more tools to analyze metabolomics in more detail, we learn more about biological systems — how they function in healthy and disease states, as well as how they change over time and in different environments.

This yogic paradise offers an inspiring learning environment, including the only yoga sala to be constructed over an ocean cliff - side, where you can deepen your meditation with the sound of the waves crashing on the rocks.

Over the past few years as I have learned more about ethical fashion and purchasing with purpose, I have simultaneously learned more about the impact our daily habits have on the environment.

They learned that younger generation members weren't over the bar scene, and wanted a more casual environment to «hang out» in.

She currently uses the flipped classroom model with over 150 students, as well incorporating a blended learning environment in a 1:1 iPad school.

This article glosses over (ignores) any negative effect on higher achieving students by having lower achieving students present who strike out behaviourally when confronted with learning environments beyond their capability.

This is a question that needs some pondering over when designing a learning environment.

Fink: Someone visiting the school over time should see an orderly learning environment characterized by intrinsic motivation, not external incentives oriented toward student compliance.

With over 20 years of experience in teacher education research, practice, and policy, Dawley provides innovative leadership in the design and pedagogy of virtual environments for teaching and learning.

Allowing students control over when they learn can create an environment where time is no longer the most important variable, and instead learning becomes the driving force.

The advantage of using outdoor spaces throughout the year is that it gives children access to seasonal weather to learn about changing environments, as well as giving them the opportunity to be creative and have more responsibility over how and where they should play.

When students are placed in a learning - rich environment, provided a supportive forum to take risks and ask questions, and given certain control over their learning, long - lasting and deeper learning can really take root.

As to the second point, we have never stated that online learning will disrupt schools; instead, our research shows that online learning will disrupt the traditional classroom environment in secondary schools over the long term.

Reflecting on the field's past and future, Lesaux observed that the focus of early childhood education is already shifting from the «whole child» to blurring skill areas and bridging strategies, examining the impacts of stress, and harnessing the power of the learning environment over characteristics of a child.

Over recent years thousands of school, higher and further education students across the UK, have benefited from EIB backed investment in better facilities and modern learning environments.»

The multi-media features and the degree of control over the e-learning environment has made this medium a more preferred method of accessing learning materials.

Longitudinal research also indicates that when teachers create the interactive and engaging classroom environments typical of inquiry - based learning, students are more successful over the long term (Darling - Hammond, 1996; Zimmerman, 2002).

Learning and Development professionals have bent over backwards to deliver the learning environment that Millennials demand, but as the next generation of post-Millennials make their way into the workforce, whatLearning and Development professionals have bent over backwards to deliver the learning environment that Millennials demand, but as the next generation of post-Millennials make their way into the workforce, whatlearning environment that Millennials demand, but as the next generation of post-Millennials make their way into the workforce, what's next?

A Virtual Learning Environment will normally work over the internet and provide a collection of tools such as those for assessment (particularly of types that can be marked automatically, such as multiple choice), communication, uploading of content, return of students» work, peer assessment, administration of student groups, collecting and organizing student grades, questionnaires, tracking tools, etc..

When students have control over time, place, path, and pace, as they should in blended - learning environments, that second question is no longer the right one either but instead must turn to «What does mastery of a particular concept or standard look like?

«We've heard several times over the past few years that nothing is more cognitively and physically taxing in the project - learning environment than managing student work groups,» McDowell writes in «Leading Student Work Groups in the 21st Century,» an in - progress article that discusses the tools, best practices, and scholarly strategies for student work groups in the project - learning environment.

In a blended environment, students and teachers can communicate through multiple modalities, allow their thoughts to develop over time, and engage in authentic learning.

With many decades of experience in the education sector to draw on, Gratnells has developed an approach over the last few years called «Learning Rooms», which takes this challenge on and aims to transform the environment in which teachers teach and learners learn.

Mobile technology frees teachers to re-think the use of learning spaces, allowing students to have more control over their own bodies and be more interactive with their environment.

In a chemistry class, this might give students a reason to doubt the teacher's authority and expertise, but in a maker - centered learning environment, it may become an opportunity for students to take ownership over their learning.

«The school had been on quite a journey over the last five to 10 years where they'd really worked on the culture and the behaviour to create a quality learning environment.

Over and above offering help to complete a paper exercise, the guide invites school staff to explore their perspectives, articulate their commitment to equality and develop a safe, rich and positive learning environment.

Beth Holland brings over 18 years of experience in mobile learning, K - 12 educational leadership, and differentiated instruction to help teachers create innovative learning environments.

During these online chat sessions, educators from all over the world can come together to discuss a topic, sharing resources, articles, links etc. «This learning gets transferred directly into their learning environments and spread to improve student learning opportunities.»

The debate over what Apple's electronic textbooks will mean for our formal education system comes at a time when we have not yet determined what tablet technology and the availability of electronic books (or «e-books») can mean for children's learning at home and other informal learning environments.

For the Pharmaceutical Industry, online training has a competitive edge over any other form of learning - given the ever - changing environment of this Industry.

Fifty boys from St Albans School had the trip of a lifetime to South America over the summer, playing rugby, learning new skills and helping other young people to build and create safer environments in which to develop and grow.

Over the last few years, our middle school science classrooms have evolved from traditional spaces into an individualized learning environments.

With over 10 years of development guided by social constructionist pedagogy, Moodle delivers a powerful set of learner - centric tools and collaborative learning environments that empower both teaching and learning.

At Innokas Koulumestari, translated as Innovative Master School, students are allowed to spread out all over the building to learn in the «best environment for their learning style.»

I have been working in Special Education for over 20 years and this type of environment and learning puts a smile of hope on our students» faces.

Explore how you might use a similar approach to showcase teacher leaders, provide voice and choice over PD aligned to student learning, and leverage customized, collaborative learning environments and micro-credentials to build capacity.

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