Sentences with phrase «promotes inquiry learning»

Science educators participating in the retreat look for technology that promotes inquiry learning and makes scientific views more accessible to students.

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All state and territory science teacher associations support and promote inquiry - based learning in science through providing professional learning for teachers and competitions where students» open ended investigations are celebrated and shared.

Teachers are more likely to use technology in ways that promote student engagement, inquiry, and self - directed learning after receiving in - depth and sustained professional development in technology integration (Law and Yuen, 2006; Innovative Teaching and Learning Research, 2011; Bebell and O'Dwyer, 2010; Ertmer and Ottenbreit - Leftwichlearning after receiving in - depth and sustained professional development in technology integration (Law and Yuen, 2006; Innovative Teaching and Learning Research, 2011; Bebell and O'Dwyer, 2010; Ertmer and Ottenbreit - LeftwichLearning Research, 2011; Bebell and O'Dwyer, 2010; Ertmer and Ottenbreit - Leftwich, 2010).

Play and inquiry - based learning is established in kindergarten and extended into other grades to promote problem solving, literacy, mathematics, and social skills.

Among the 11 seminars were Creating an Inquiry - Based Community in a Public School Classroom, in which students visited a Brookline, Mass. classroom to observe inquiry - based learning; Developing Your Media Presence, in which students created two - minute videos promoting their work and themselves; and Mindfulness Practices for Leading and Learning, a course which even garnered Dean Kathleen McCartney's particlearning; Developing Your Media Presence, in which students created two - minute videos promoting their work and themselves; and Mindfulness Practices for Leading and Learning, a course which even garnered Dean Kathleen McCartney's particLearning, a course which even garnered Dean Kathleen McCartney's participation.

Danielle upholds inquiry - based learning as best practice and she aims to promote the discipline of science within her school community.

In terms of measured effect sizes, feedback, remediation, and direct or explicit instruction are more effective in promoting student achievement than problem - based learning, inductive teaching, inquiry - based teaching and the like.

Whether a robot they put in the hands of a five - year - old who would work out how to use it, or a more advanced system requiring sophisticated design and coding skills, robotics promotes learning through an inquiry - based approach.

Tiina Korhonen, Vice Headmaster, feels that in order to «truly promote inquiry - based learning, the learning must happen everywhere.»

The book includes a description of 75 FACTs (Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques) that can be used for the purposes of eliciting and identifying preconceptions, engaging and motivating students, activating thinking and promoting metacognition, providing stimuli for math discussion, initiating mathematical inquiry and idea exploration, supporting concept development and transfer of knowledge, improving questioning and responses, providing feedback, supporting peer and self - assessment, and reflecting on learning.

Effective professional learning for school leaders should include activities with effective pedagogy, coaching that supports site level work, and inquiry groups that promote peer consultation.

Science teachers can promote student - centered, inquiry - based learning with activities involving technology - based materials.

Professional responsibilities include: Establish and support strong classroom management and discipline, promote an active culture of inquiry, and a positive learning environment within the classroom.

Teacher learning in mathematics: Using student work to promote collective inquiry.

The assumption undergirding the original principle was a belief that increased Internet access to online sources through digital libraries would promote learning through inquiry in social studies classrooms.

As an IB school, we promote student ownership of learning through inquiry, action and reflection.

The movies in themselves do not provide much venue for exploration and learning, but the way science teachers use the movies can promote an inquiry environment where student ideas are generated and tested.

We just need to tweak it to promote more inquiry, to promote more student - centered learning, and to promote more relevant learning for our students.»

Teachers and their students must still learn how to develop and participate in discipline - specific inquiries, which means learning to manage research, organize data, and prioritize and unpack evidence in the construction of accounts and narratives» (Hicks et al., 2014, para. 7 under «Use Technologies to Promote Effective Student Learning&learning to manage research, organize data, and prioritize and unpack evidence in the construction of accounts and narratives» (Hicks et al., 2014, para. 7 under «Use Technologies to Promote Effective Student Learning&Learning»).

These seminars and trainings are designed specifically for educators who are interested in learning how to promote cognitive rigor through inquiry in a certain content area or to deliver a distinctive learning experience such as project - based or problem - based learning.

This activity leverages technology and innovative pedagogies to engage students not only in learning content, but also in promoting inquiry, motivation, and participation (McCarthy & Anderson, 2000), thereby incorporating all components of the TPACK framework.

Our educational system promotes a traditional way of teaching that does not always allow for student centered learning — that which promotes inquiry and student choice in learning.

In addition, the ATIL team was engaged in rapid turnaround studies of key education issues (known as 90 - Day Cycles) to generate new learning and promote innovation through a rapid and disciplined inquiry process.

A study of the Galileo Network / Andrew Sibbald School initiative to promote inquiry - based learning.

Learn how to foster respectful and quality relationships with peers, teachers, and community members; to promote exploration through relevant inquiry - based learning; to challenge students to access their higher - order thinking skills; and to assess students authentically.

Oakland Technical High «s 9th - grade team is in their second year of partnership with Mills Teacher Scholars, using teacher - led collaborative inquiry in a cross-disciplinary group to promote learning across and within departments.

Oakland Technical High School's 9th - grade team is in its second year of partnership with Mills Teacher Scholars, using teacher - led collaborative inquiry in a cross-disciplinary group to promote learning across and within departments.

If we promote an inquiry - based approach to collaborate with schools and organizations to identify opportunities through a professional learning plan then mindsets and practices improve, leading to increased achievement, opportunity and equity for students.

Tech's 9th - grade team is a cross-disciplinary group using collaborative inquiry to promote learning across and within departments.

As they deepen their understanding of agency with additional learn - by - doing lesson plans and mini-projects, they will see how their own agency can increase and they will ask and assess how their students can take advantage of this powerful tool to promote inquiry and problem solving.

Further leverage personalized / blended learning into more classrooms to promote student - led investigation and inquiry.

Many science educators emphasize the need for meaningful science learning experiences and promote the idea of social constructivism in their methods classes, usually with inquiry - based activities that include physical manipulatives.

EMERGING School Library leaders act as agents of improvement to promote some of the learners» academic and / or professional success and well - being through an inquiry - based approach, utilizing a variety of instructional strategies to meet a diverse learning population; however, in isolation from most other teachers.

This can be supported by creating an inquiry approach within a play - based program that promotes positive dispositions for science learning.

The primary goals of MABT are to learn to access interoceptive awareness through mindful meditative attention, to develop the capacity for sustained attention within specific areas of the body, to learn an inquiry process related to sensory awareness that promotes self - awareness and insight, and to develop interoceptive awareness practices that can be integrated into daily life to promote self - care and emotion regulation.

Using documentation of program activities, we will examine three ongoing teacher research inquiry projects around the topics of early literacy, classroom storytelling and story - acting, and dual language learning that promote effective teaching through professional educational initiatives that emphasize reading, writing, culture, child development, and research.