Sentences with phrase «peers than in classrooms»

Peers Higher levels of bullying are reported in classrooms where victims are not defended by their peers than in classrooms where students intervene on the victims» behalf.

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Texas requires schools with more than 80 percent of students eligible for free and reduced - cost lunch to serve universal free breakfast, but not necessarily Breakfast in the Classroom, a program where students eat the hot breakfast or cereal in the classroom with their teacher and peers.

College students who participated in a self - administered intervention prompting them to reflect about their use of classroom resources had final grades that were higher than their peers, according to new findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

In this classroom there is a more inviting learning atmosphere, and teachers walk among students, rather than just sitting or standing in front of the room; it is a space where students can choose where to sit, work, and collaborate with their peers; there are round tables, work areas, and even creative elements like beanbagIn this classroom there is a more inviting learning atmosphere, and teachers walk among students, rather than just sitting or standing in front of the room; it is a space where students can choose where to sit, work, and collaborate with their peers; there are round tables, work areas, and even creative elements like beanbagin front of the room; it is a space where students can choose where to sit, work, and collaborate with their peers; there are round tables, work areas, and even creative elements like beanbags.

Elementary - school teachers who are covered by collective - bargaining agreements spend less time instructing students in the classroom than do their peers who are not covered by contracts, but they devote more time to classroom preparation and administrative tasks, a new study by two University of Oregon researchers has found.

The addition of a troubled peer also significantly increases misbehavior of other students in the classroom, in effect causing them to commit 0.09 more infractions than they otherwise would, a 16 percent increase.

The students in the smaller classes continued to achieve at higher rates than their peers in the other groups even after they returned to normal - sized classrooms in grades four and beyond.

But more than that, the real challenge lies in how we can liberate formal learning from its existing confines (in an Learning Management System or classroom) and allow it to seep into the moments and places where learners actually learn: in their workplace, with their peers, and in the time of need.

Those students are scoring, on average, 10 percent of a standard deviation better than they would have otherwise, and since each peer evaluator evaluates 10 to 15 teachers each year, those gains are occurring in multiple teachers» classrooms for a number of years.

Teenagers are more conscious of what their peers will think than a small child might be, and won't necessarily respond in the same way to techniques designed to help them cope in the classroom.

And, once enrolled, are they kept in isolated classrooms or punished more severely than their peers?

Even as far back as 1984, he points out, a study by psychologist Benjamin Bloom showed that «students given personalized lessons performed two standard deviations better than their peers in a regular classroom.

This evidence - based book is drawn from research showing that students from all backgrounds in identity safe classrooms learn better and like school more than their peers in other classrooms.

College students who participated in a self - administered intervention prompting them to reflect about their use of classroom resources had final grades that were higher than their peers, according to new findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Thanks to Giroux and others, the contemporary classroom - even if it falls short of the critical pedagogues» ideal - increasingly is a block - scheduled site presided over by a teacher who, at least concerning academics, is the guide on the side, eschews grades in favor of portfolios, minimizes ability - grouping, and, rather than being a content provider, is a manager of peer editing, team building, and other processes.

The study, which tracked nearly 1,000 native English - and ESL - speaking children immersed in mainstream English classrooms in Canada from kindergarten to second grade, found that by the end of second grade, the ESL children had attained reading skills that were similar to, and in some cases better than, their native English - speaking peers.

Students who underwent a prevention program taught by regular classroom teachers used less tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana years later than their peers who did not take part in the program, the researchers found.

In a study of the Alaska Statewide Mentorship Program, our researchers and evaluators found that new teachers who were provided with experienced mentors were more likely than their peers to still be on the job after three years — and students in their classrooms were performing better in math and readinIn a study of the Alaska Statewide Mentorship Program, our researchers and evaluators found that new teachers who were provided with experienced mentors were more likely than their peers to still be on the job after three years — and students in their classrooms were performing better in math and readinin their classrooms were performing better in math and readinin math and reading.

This usually means inclusion in the regular classroom, where the child may interact in work and play with age peers and is exposed to a broader and more enriched curriculum than might be possible in the environment of a special class or special school.

Unhappy with those findings, they then exaggerated the value of teacher compensation by comparing the retirement benefits of the small minority of teachers who stay in the classroom for 30 years, rather than comparing the pension benefits for the typical teacher to their peers in other professions.

It said that the District's poor and minority students are still far less likely than their peers to have a quality teacher in their classrooms, perform at grade level and graduate from high school in four years.

A 2015 report by the National Research Council, the research arm of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, said the District's poor and minority students were still far less likely than their peers to have a quality teacher in their classrooms, perform at grade level and graduate from high school in four years.

Research has shown that the students of NBCTs learn more than their peers in other classrooms, which is why many states and districts offer incentives for teachers to pursue Board certification.

No state bases more than 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation on student performance scores (see the infographic on p. 4), and many incorporate multiple additional measures, such as classroom observations, student writing and artwork, teacher lesson plans, peer review, student reflections and feedback, and participation in professional development (Shakman et al., 2012).

«Practice in a classroom is formative to the extent that evidence about student achievement is elicited, interpreted, and used by teachers, learners, or their peers, to make decisions about the next steps in instruction that are likely to be better, or better founded, than the decisions they would have taken in the absence of the evidence that was elicited».

As one study cited in the lawsuit found, a student without a consistent classroom teacher for two years is more likely than not to fall irreparably behind peers who have had classes with consistent teaching.

More than any time in American history, a child entering grade school is likely to interact with a teacher and peers in a virtual classroom for at least part of the learning experience.

For example, classroom concentration, attention, and memory immediately increase after physical activity, and student test scores correlate positively with regular participation.122 Research has also shown that elementary school students that perform better in reading, mathematics, and science have higher physical fitness test scores.123 In addition, children who perform below grade level academically and participate in a physical activity program are more likely to improve their performance on standardized tests than are their less active peers.1in reading, mathematics, and science have higher physical fitness test scores.123 In addition, children who perform below grade level academically and participate in a physical activity program are more likely to improve their performance on standardized tests than are their less active peers.1In addition, children who perform below grade level academically and participate in a physical activity program are more likely to improve their performance on standardized tests than are their less active peers.1in a physical activity program are more likely to improve their performance on standardized tests than are their less active peers.124

In 2013 — 2014, students in blended learning math classrooms outperformed their peers by 26 percent and made learning gains equivalent to 21 percent (growing 1.21 years in a single year) more than expected on the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) MAP assessmenIn 2013 — 2014, students in blended learning math classrooms outperformed their peers by 26 percent and made learning gains equivalent to 21 percent (growing 1.21 years in a single year) more than expected on the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) MAP assessmenin blended learning math classrooms outperformed their peers by 26 percent and made learning gains equivalent to 21 percent (growing 1.21 years in a single year) more than expected on the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) MAP assessmenin a single year) more than expected on the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) MAP assessment.

Students in the blended learning classrooms outperformed peers in the traditional classrooms by 26 percent, and made learning gains equivalent to 21 percent more than expected on the test.

Teachers whose preparation programs focused on the work of the classroom, provided a supervised clinical experience, and gave them the opportunity to engage in the practices of teaching were able to drive greater learning gains for their students once in the classroom than those who did not receive the same kind of clinically oriented preservice training.56 Prospective teachers who had a longer clinical experience reported greater confidence in their teaching abilities and were more likely to say that the length of time they spent as a student teacher was adequate, compared with their peers who had shorter clinical experiences.57

Researchers studying classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) in inclusive classrooms with students who have mild mental retardation and their general education peers have found that for both groups, academic achievement and academic engagement was higher when spelling instruction was delivered using CWPT than when it was delivered using teacher - led instruction.

Other investigations have found that 52 — 82 % of children with ADHD score greater than 1 standard deviation above their classroom mean in peer rejection [3, 16].