Sentences with phrase «positive difference in student learning»

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«The students really enjoy being able to use their skills and what they've learned in ceramics classes to make a positive difference in their community,» said Desirae Collins, the art teacher at HFCS who spearheads the school's involvement in Empty Bowls.

This is a much more positive and optimistic view of learners» capacities for learning than past views that individuals differed markedly in their ability to learn and that part of the role of schools was to identify these differences and to sort students accordingly.

Kevin Anthony Perry: Quality relationships between students themselves makes a very positive difference to the learning and wellbeing in the school.

The coalition believes the Board took a positive step by approving an increased level of ambition in new long - term goals and interim benchmarks, especially for students who have traditionally had less opportunity to excel — children of color, those whose families have less income, English language learners and students who are challenged by learning differences.

In order to help you change the way your students learn, this course will expand your knowledge related to learning differences, provide actionable strategies to impact the learning experience of your students, and cultivate positive habits of mind.

Service learning students find their efforts are valued by peers and society as they discover that they can make differences in positive ways.

With service learning, students find that their efforts are valued by peers and society as they discover that they can make differences in positive ways and that they are able to connect with caring adults in the community, thereby establishing themselves as contributing members of that community.

This is the first of a 2 - day program during which we will learn how to gather, collate and examine evidence from your class (es) and transfer this into action that will make a positive difference to the outcomes of students in your school.

Prior rigorous evaluations of the program have generally found positive effects of TFA teachers on students» learning in math and science and no significant differences in reading or language arts, compared with non-TFA teachers» effects in the same schools.

Unlike public schools, our approach to learning is different in ways that make a positive difference in our student's lives.

Started in 2004, the smART Honors Program is a Community Arts Initiative of the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art & Learning, with a goal to make measurable, positive differences in the lives of Gwinnett County high school students through intensive art education.

And if there are differences, it allows the students to discuss the merits of different approaches.117 Providing sample or model email responses for students to review after class can allow students to self - assess their work and to improve for future email tasks.118 But students may struggle to understand what separates the quality of their work from the quality reflected in the model.119 So giving students multiple, annotated responses that highlight the positive aspects of the model and giving students the chance to review the model answers in groups can maximize the chances that students can learn from model answers.120 And a checklist or grading rubric can be another useful tool — either for the professor to effectively and efficiently assess student learning outcomes or for students to self - assess their own learning.121