Sentences with phrase «positive teacher effect»

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Christian teacher Tom Wade, who is head of RE at a Hertfordshire school, believes the game is having a positive effect on pupils: «I spoke to one student who said that they'd left their house early that morning so he and his sister could walk via a location that a specific Pokémon had been spotted at, and this is a student that we'd previously dealt with [who had] anxiety issues in leaving the house.

After seeing the life changing effects that stretched far beyond the positive physical benefits of the practice, she decided to become a certified yoga teacher so she could pass on this knowledge to children and adults in her community.

Over two thirds (68 per cent) think the use of VR technology to overcome financial or physical barriers that some students face is desirable and as well as these uses, three in four teachers (74 per cent) stated that there will be a positive effect on the design and creativity skills of students.

Members of the public are evenly divided in their thinking about the influence of teachers unions: 37 % say they have «a generally positive effect on schools,» while 37 % say they have «a generally negative effect.»

While there may be other mechanisms through which increased school spending improves student outcomes, these results suggest that the positive effects are driven, at least in part, by some combination of reductions in class size, having more adults per student in schools, increases in instructional time, and increases in teacher salaries that may help to attract and retain a more highly qualified teaching workforce.

A new study has found that positive teacher - student relationships at age 10 can significantly reduce problem classroom behaviours, and the effects last for up to four years.

But they point in a positive direction, and are precise enough that we can rule out the possibility that teacher departures due to the ERI had even small negative effects.

Schools and academies up and down the country are raving about the positive effect the Duke of Edinburgh Award has on pupils and teachers alike

However, a series of studies by Thomas Dee and James Wyckoff show fairly conclusively that IMPACT has had a positive effect on teacher quality (see «A Lasting Impact,» research, Fall 2017).

So, what we're suggesting is while those programs are also very important and they show good effects on changing behaviours or other outcomes, teacher - student relationships are also important and could achieve similar effects through building positive relationships.

In these cases, teacher retirements may have no or even a positive effect on student learning.

Across studies, teacher professional development in mathematics showed significant positive effects on student learning.

Commentary on «Great Teaching: Measuring its effects on students» future earnings» By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff The new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether high - value - added teachers (i.e., teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer - term impacts on students, as reflected in college attendance, earnings, -LSB-...]

No less than 25 percent of all teachers think unions have a generally negative effect on schools in their community, while only 51 percent think they had a positive impact.

However, research to date finds little evidence of a strong positive effect of teachers» pay on student achievement.

Do you think teacher unions have a generally positive effect on the schools in your community, or do you think they have a generally negative effect?

Meanwhile, teachers overwhelmingly have favorable views of the unions that represent them, with 76 % reporting that unions have a generally positive effect.

Personal best goals were correlated with a range of positive variables at Time 1; however, at Time 2 the effects of personal best goals on deep learning, academic flow, and positive teacher relationship remained significant after controlling for prior variance of corresponding Time 1 factors, suggesting that students with personal best goals show sustained resilience in academic and social development.

The good news is that at the end of the first year, statistically significant positive effects were found for teacher knowledge and for one of three instructional practices.

Two sophisticated studies of teachers» effects conducted in 2005 cast further doubt on a positive wage effect.

If used properly, technology such as Canvas reduces workload, which in turn has a positive effect on stress levels, and gives teachers more time to do what they actually love — teach.

When asked whether teachers unions have a generally positive or negative effect on the nation's public schools, 33 percent of the public gives a negative response, virtually unchanged from the 31 percent and 33 percent who perceived a negative impact in 2009 and 2010, respectively (see Figure 1).

Most young teachers enter teaching for all the right reasons: they want to change the world, and they want to have a positive effect on children.

Martin and Dawson (2009) suggest that, «a focus on relationships throughout the school has a positive ripple effect impacting on not only wellbeing, but also the motivation and performance of both students and their teachers.»

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

In other words, simply requiring teachers to shift to problem - solving approaches is not likely to have positive effects if the average teacher is not skilled in implementing problem - solving approaches.

Many teachers have told us that these findings have had a positive effect on their expectations for their students and on students» perceptions of their own abilities.

An evaluation study of the nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves, conducted by Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers, shows its positive effects on teacher and student learning.

In reading, by contrast, assignment to a Level II or Level III teacher was associated with a large and statistically significant increase in reading achievement, while estimates of the effects of having a teacher from both of the other two groups remained positive but statistically insignificant.

Teachers» being able to choose their specific textbooks also has a positive effect in math.

To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 2004).

Do you think teachers unions have a generally positive view on your local schools, or do you think they have a generally negative effect?»

The portion who thinks that teachers unions have had a positive effect on their local schools has dropped by 7 percentage points over the past year.

Teacher actions such as having big goals for students, planning purposefully with that goal in mind, and working relentlessly, all have proven to have significant positive effects on student outcomes.

Most strikingly, Democrats have a far more sanguine view of the influence of teachers unions on their community's schools: 39 percent consider them to have a positive effect, while only 19 percent see their effect as negative.

This may reflect the positive effects of having more - experienced teachers combined with the negative effects of large age differences between teachers and students.

Among Republicans, only 17 percent believe that teachers unions have a positive effect, and 50 percent believe they have a negative effect.

Do you think teachers unions have a generally positive effect on schools, or do you think they have a generally negative effect?»

Finally, Harman notes that several small studies have found that the Schools Attuned program «has a positive effect on student and teacher outcomes.»

It's also unclear whether federal intervention to raise teacher pay is desirable, would have a positive effect on retention, and would benefit student learning.

Evertson, Hawley, and Zlotnik neglect to report that Eisenberg found a significantly positive effect from a better measure of teachers» knowledge of mathematics: their knowledge of algebraic concepts and postgraduate coursework in calculus.

Laing states that a layout which focuses student attention and interest can have a huge impact on productivity: «Innova has worked on many refurbishments, and factors such as re-thinking desk configurations, teacher positioning and the provision of storage can all have a positive effect on pupil behaviour.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

While increased employee contributions and the reduced scope of collective bargaining have affected educators negatively, one superintendent reported positive effects on the relationship between administrators and teachers.

For example, if more - effective teachers tend to spend more time lecturing because they are good at it and enjoy it, then our results could show a positive effect of lecture - style presentations, even if those teachers would have been even more effective had they devoted more time on problem - solving activities.

Richmond Hill, led by Head Teacher Nathan Atkinson, joined forces with the Real Junk Food Project to provide free breakfasts to all 600 pupils at the primary school and found that this had a positive effect on their behaviour, concentration and attainment.

Teachers who explain these findings report that the knowledge has a positive effect on students» perceptions of their abilities as well as on their expectations for success.

If teachers tend to rely more on lectures when assigned more capable or attentive students, this would generate a positive relationship between the amount of time spent lecturing and student achievement, even in the absence of a true causal effect.

Modern thinking on bullying acknowledges the complexity of the problem, and has shifted responsibility away from teachers and administrators, emphasizing instead the positive effects of broader networks and school - wide cultural transformations.

Research has also shown that well - designed teacher preparation programs have a positive effect on reading outcomes.