Sentences with phrase «research on student learning»

More than 16,000 educators, parents and policymakers have signed an online petition at Change.org in the past two weeks, urging the national parent - teachers group to adopt a set of homework guidelines that they say local schools can implement to realign homework policy and practice with research on student learning, health, and engagement.

Thus, the «I Can» statements gave us a common language to discuss our work both in going public with our colleagues and as we continue our research on student learning in Book Club Plus.

This set of issues and the set of issues involving the gap between educational research on student learning and changes in teachers» practice have led us to develop, use, and investigate the use of multimedia case studies to support the professional development of preservice teachers.

To learn more about the scientific research on student learning, visit our Brain - Based Learning topic page.

At some point — not too soon, they insist — the standards will need to be revised, to reflect new research on student learning and evidence about their validity in predicting college and career readiness.

Not exact matches

A study conducted by Hanover Research found that 87 % of surveyed college students said analytics on their performance had a positive influence on their learning.

Boston, MA — November 12, 2012 — Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm and StudentAdvisor.com, a Washington Post Company and the leading free learning resource for students, today announced a new report on how students are developing their careers while in college.

There's embarrassing little research on entrepreneurship education and outcomes, but we do know that students learn best when they can connect with the material in a hands - on way — personally making the mistakes and learning from them directly.

They are not only practices of teaching and learning, but also practices of raising funds and maintaining the school's resources; not only practices of governing various aspects of the school's common life, but also practices of various kinds of research; practices not only of assessing students and when they should be deemed to have completed their courses of study, but also of assessing faculty and judging when they should be promoted and when terminated; and so on.

From his autobiography we learn what was going on in Schweitzer's mind while he was a student at Strasbourg, busily studying New Testament research at the feet of the famed scholar Heinrich Julius Holtzmann.

Our schools send teams of educators, parents, and students to our annual fall conference at Stanford University where they hear the latest research on best practices in education and learn from each other how to create effective school reform.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

Both programs are based on scientific research into how students of various ages learn best and have allowed students to not only grow in their educational knowledge, but strengthen their problem - solving and critical thinking skills.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

The Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Spotlight: 10 Colleges with Programs for ASD Students Legal Requirements for Transition Components of the IEP Organization for Autism Research: Hire Autism Business Partners All Autism Talk (allautismtalk.com) is sponsored by Autism Spectrum Therapies (autismtherapies.com), Trellis Services (trellisservices.com) and Learn It Systems (learnitsystems.com).

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.

As program officer for the IES Cognition and Student Learning research grants program, Dr. Albro oversaw the preparation of an IES Practice Guide, Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, which identified a set of instructional principles for use in schools and classrooms that emerged from basic research on learning andLearning research grants program, Dr. Albro oversaw the preparation of an IES Practice Guide, Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, which identified a set of instructional principles for use in schools and classrooms that emerged from basic research on learning andLearning, which identified a set of instructional principles for use in schools and classrooms that emerged from basic research on learning andlearning and memory.

I attended the daylong «National Convocation on Revitalizing the University - Industry - Government Partnership in Support of Research in Science, Engineering, and Medicine» in hopes of learning about initiatives to help students and postdocs who are preparing to leave academe and find careers in those other, unfamiliar sectors.

I can not finish this post on Evernote for research as a PhD student without recommending the best, must - have, awesome learning material for Evernote users.

The new book brings together current thinking and findings about energy education: what students should know about energy, what can be learned from research on teaching and learning, what the major challenges are for teachers, and how to meet those challenges in the future.

Cola has focused on public engagement on many fronts, working to inspire K - 12 students and their teachers to learn about the latest research in nano - and energy technologies.

Now, with a $ 2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, AAAS's Project 2061 and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) are embarking on a project to develop chemistry and biochemistry materials for middle school students and teachers, based on the latest research in learning.

Some research efforts to enhance learning zero in on methods to strengthen memory and recall, while others bolster students» abilities to stay on task, think more fluidly and mentally track and juggle information.

«In educational technology research, it is well established that technology as a delivery mechanism has no direct impact on student learning outcomes.

These schools included «early college» high schools with a STEM focus (that offered both college and high school credits to students); tech - savvy schools that relied entirely on project - based learning (an instructional practice emphasizing student production of knowledge via projects and research); and career / technical education high schools that prepared students for careers such as agriculture or medicine through early experiences in those fields.

The findings are described in a paper published last month in the American Educational Research Journal titled «The Influence of Teachers» Knowledge on Student Learning in Middle - School Physical Science Classrooms.»

Drawing from education research on self - regulated learning and evidence from social psychology on effective approaches to interventions, Chen and colleagues developed a brief exercise for students aimed at guiding their thinking about how they use learning resources.

For example, he says, it's not clear how the student experience of taking a course compares to being mentored one - on - one, or whether a research experience helps students learn how to interpret scientific data.

With this work going on in the background, students are asked to review their research plans along with their advisers, using newly learned skills in industry project review.

The framework builds on 2 decades of research on how children learn, including the need for students to understand the context of what they are being taught rather than simply absorbing factual information.

Wieman told the committee that «powerful, vested interests» on college campuses discourage the adoption of new ways to teach science and train future science teachers, saying that most universities place a higher priority on research productivity than on student learning.

Mayer discussed the implications of this research for policymakers, claiming that there is a place for small games that focus on well - specified learning objectives, become more challenging as students learn, and fit within existing educational programs to supplement, complement, and / or extend traditional instruction rather than replace it.

On June 27th, he spoke to students [at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting] about what he learned from his thesis research, which involved developing a new method to measure the osmotic pressures of mixes of proteins:

The focus of the research team, which includes UD graduate student Clark Nissley, was on the Atlantic brant goose, a bird whose population has been fluctuating and on a moderate decline for many years, to learn if limitations during the summer breeding season have accelerated that trend.

Tour It: Learn about the lab's Nobel legacy, historic architecture and current research in cancer and neuroscience on a 90 - minute tour led by graduate students and postdoctoral candidates.

Research studies on effective learning show that students lack ways to conceptualize chemical reactions, and NGSS calls for students to develop an understanding of energy principles that they can apply consistently across life and physical science.

Students will spend a year taking introductory courses on neuromuscular disorders and learning neuroscience techniques before starting a 3 - year research project.

First - year graduate students (especially if they come directly from an undergraduate program) often idolize their advisers and quickly learn to emulate their style of research, problem solving, and perspective on science.

NSF is also phasing out its Science of Learning Centers, which funds several large centers that focus on research to improve student lLearning Centers, which funds several large centers that focus on research to improve student learninglearning.

Students learn not by taking a class on «how to do research» but by being part of the research community, joined together in a common pursuit.

The creation of a «data science for all» ecosystem is the goal of a new initiative at Purdue University that will make data science education part of every student's learning experience on campus while also boosting research and partnerships to help grow the data - driven economy.

We aim to educate students to address real - world problems through a combination of classroom learning, seminars, and hands - on field and laboratory research opportunities.

In the future, any science student should be able to use DNA sequencing technology as a tool to learn about biology and to participate in serious science projects that have their own impact on the research community.

Besides engaging in research in the lab, students attend seminars on new research findings, receive classes in bioinformatics techniques and learn about opportunities for careers in the plant sciences.

Learn more about DNA barcoding and how the DNALC has implemented student - centered research in New York City through the Urban Barcode Project and on Long Island through the Barcode Long Island project.

Princeton University's fall break offers students a week away from the classroom, and Woodrow Wilson School graduate students enrolled in a policy workshop use the time to travel the globe researching real - world policy and observing practical application of the lessons they've learned on campus.

Underrepresented high school and community college students spent the summer at the Gladstone Institutes conducting hands - on research and learning about what it means to be a scientist.

Faculty and students traverse the grounds on foot and on bicycles to engage in research and learning in libraries and laboratories.

«It is an honor to be selected to lead the Graduate Program, and I look forward to working with faculty and students alike to ensure that it remains the best place in the world to learn and conduct innovative research on brain function and dysfunction.»

Most students in the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering's (CSNE's) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program are studying and working in labs on the University of Washington campus this summer (learn about their experience here); however, there are students participating in the REU program on both the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and San Diego State University (SDSU) campuses as well.