Sentences with phrase «poor quality instruction»

Our findings also suggest teachers can not rely on a fixed positive «set - point» of motivation and engagement among their students as a buffer for poor quality instruction and activity.

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The treaties promised First Nations farming equipment and instruction, but it was often of poor quality, and Indigenous farmers could not sell their produce without the approval of Indian agents, who were sensitive to the concerns of white settlers who resented the competition.
Three of six yoga participants had difficulty with the videoconferencing technology including unreliable feeds, difficulty following instruction due to poor streaming video quality, insufficient IT support, and occasionally hearing or seeing other participants rather than the instructor, which some found to be distressing.
«Teaching Quality Matters: Pedagogy and Literacy Instruction of Poor Students in Mexico» in Benjamin Piper, Sarah Dryden - Peterson and Young - Suk Kim (Eds.)
Foremost among these issues is the generally poor quality of state assessments of student achievement and a resulting negative effect on instruction.
Citing two earlier cases that forced changes in state laws regarding students» rights to quality education through money spent and time of instruction provided, as well as evidence in Vergara, he said the plaintiffs «have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Challenged Statutes impose a real and appreciable impact on students» fundamental to quality of education and that they impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.»
This is a short - sighted response because it fails to give appropriate weight to the teacher, along with many other elements of the schooling context (e.g., high - quality instruction tailored to meet individual needs, strong home - school relationships, systematic evaluation of pupil progress) in explaining the growth of poor children's reading ability (Taylor & Pearson, 1999).
I constantly worry about his academic needs — the school's curriculum, the lack of accountability within the classrooms, the poor quality of his teachers and the ongoing need for additional instruction time for his struggling classmates.
In Alabama, where the state sustained aggressive reading instruction and curriculum reform (even as it failed to overhaul teacher quality and expand school choice), 33 percent of students read Below Basic, a 15 percent decline from nine years ago; the percentage of poor fourth - graders who were functionally illiterate declined by 16 percent in that same period, from 61 percent to 45 percent.
What's more, Pathak and his colleagues worry that, absent sufficient information for parents, choice - based education systems «penalize schools that enroll low - achievers rather than schools that offer poor instruction» and give school leaders a perverse incentive to focus on «making sure your school's got the best kids» rather than improving school quality.
Yet far too many children, especially those from poor and minority families, are placed at risk by school practices that are based on a sorting paradigm in which some students receive high - expectations instruction while the rest are relegated to lower quality education and lower quality futures.
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Where the quality of law firms» instructions to experts is poor, the outcome in terms of the quality of experts» reports is often adverse.
So what people often end up doing is simply going with the formats they see in Microsoft Word, which is often outdated and poor quality, or looking up instructions, which takes a lot of time and effort and is often imprecise, or getting a sample from a poor quality source and hoping it can show them the right things.
Chances are that big - name brands that are seen juxtaposed with questionable content or poor quality media brands gave specific instructions about ad placement, yet they're taking a hit on ROI and brand value by appearing next to offensive inventory, which also exposes them to a heightened risk of click or impression fraud.
No research, no instructions, and really poor quality products, which definitely showed after a few years.
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