Sentences with phrase «school social studies students»

Ann and Jeanette's colleague Jeffrey Bernadt (@JeffreyBernadt) elaborated on the concept and shared how he leveraged blended learning to provide his high school social studies students with multiple options for acquiring content knowledge — video, digital text, paper or e-books, or face - to - face conversation.

So, although what she learned wasn't necessarily an immediate fit for my classroom, my wife brought home some ideas that I felt were important and immediately implementable for my middle school Social Studies students.

Also, this technology is not just for the benefit of the high school social studies student.

Not exact matches

Almost a century and a half after Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria and his brilliant student Origen were self - consciously affirming, not that Christianity was like paideia, not that it could simply make use of received paideia, but that Christianity is paideia, given by God in Jesus Christ, turning on a radical conversion possible only by the Holy Spirit's help, and taught only indirectly by study of divinely inspired Scriptures in the social context of the church understood to be in some ways a school.

John R. Commons requested them to study sociology and to «give one - half their pulpit time to expounding it... «15 Richard Ely «proposed that half of theological students» time be devoted to social science and that the divinity schools be the chief intellectual centers for sociology.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

PS 116's principal Jane Hsu told DNA Info that the school «spent over a year «analyzing studies focused on the effects of traditional homework» and decided that it was more important for the Pre-K through fifth grade students to do activities that «have been proven to have a positive impact on student academic performance and social / emotional development» such as reading at their own pace and playing.»

Social - studies work may also include a basic discussion of citizenship: What is your child's role as a student in the class, in the school, in the community?

Milestones End - of - Grade (EOG) exams are administered every spring in Grades 3 - 8 in the subjects of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies; Milestones End - of - Course (EOC) exams are administered for designated high school courses... and, middle school students who are taking any of those courses for high school credit must also take the EOC for that subject.

The senior high level school curriculum has core subjects and elective subjects of which students must take four the core subjects of English language, mathematics, integrated science (including science, agriculture and environmental studies) and social studies (economics, geography, history and government).

At this week's Haverstraw Town Board meeting, three North Rockland High School Thomas F.X. Casey Social Studies Honor Society students presented their Rockland County championship winning «Haverstraw Landslide» project to the Town Board and all in attendance at the meeting.

Ten students at a Queens school got a second chance to answer questions they had skipped on a state social studies test.

The 4 +1 option would apply beginning with students who first entered ninth grade in or after September 2011 and thereafter or who are otherwise eligible to receive a high school diploma in June 2015 and thereafter and have passed four required Regents exams (or Department - approved alternative assessments) in English, mathematics, science and social studies.

The study, published in The Journal of Social Studies Research, shows iCivics is an effective tool for teaching civics concepts to primary and middle school students.

«Although acceleration is widely supported by research as an effective strategy for meeting the needs of advanced learners, it's still rarely used, and most schools do not systematically look for students who need it,» said study co-author Paula Olszewski - Kubilius, director of the Center for Talent Development at the Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy.

«Electronic bullying of high school students threatens the self - esteem, emotional well - being and social standing of youth at a very vulnerable stage of their development,» said study author Andrew Adesman, MD, FAAP, chief of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York.

«We know these programs have an immediate positive effect so this study wanted to assess whether the skills stuck with students over time, making social - emotional learning programs a worthwhile investment of time and financial resources in schools.»

«This study demonstrates that a high - risk social environment can overwhelm the protective effect of a genetic variant associated with alcohol - related behaviors,» said Emily Olfson, an MD - PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine as well as first author of this study.

Michelle Teti, associate professor of health sciences, and Anna Maurer - Batjer, a graduate student in the School of Social Work also co-authored the study.

Results of new study led by Linda Pagani, professor at the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, show that young children who watch too much television are at risk of victimization and social isolation and adopting violent and antisocial behaviour toward other students at age 13.

«I'm sure the institutions believe that these types of messages are going to have positive effects for all the families — for the low - SES students and their families and for the other members of the university community,» said Mesmin Destin, senior author of the studies and assistant professor of human development and social policy in the School of Education and Social Policy and of psychology in Weisocial policy in the School of Education and Social Policy and of psychology in WeiSocial Policy and of psychology in Weinberg.

The aim of the study, led by PhD student, Helen Rockliff, from the University of Bristol's School of Clinical Sciences, was to find out what types of coping strategies, social circumstances and personality traits — called psychosocial factors — help people through IVF treatment, and which types are linked to especially high stress levels, and can lead to depression and anxiety disorders.

So much has changed but many schools are stuck in the past,» said Joel Breakstone, the director of SHEG, which has designed social studies curriculum that teaches students how to evaluate primary sources.

Newly diagnosed students are often confused about how to manage their illnesses while at school; those who have been hospitalized worry about keeping up with their studies and negotiating their social lives.

I was interested how the brain processes the information about normative concepts in healthy people to extend our understanding of the neural basis of decision making in social conditions,» said study author Oksana Zinchenko, a PhD student at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

A recent study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine suggests that teacher burnout is directly associated with increased stress levels in students, which affects performance and quality of life in schools for all.

As a teacher (of yoga and of middle school social studies) I encourage my students to work in that space right beyond their comfort zone.

From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes The Bell Jar Study Guide has everything you need to ace Schools and Online Social Networking By Nancy Willard Most educators working with middle and high school students are aware of the

CASEL president Roger P. Weissberg and Joseph Durlak, a Loyola University psychologist, reviewed 300 studies and found that, compared with nonparticipants, students participating in programs aimed at improving the social and emotional learning environment in schools «have significantly better attendance records; their classroom behavior is more constructive and less often disruptive; they like school more; and they have better grade point averages.

In «Learning from Rudolf Steiner: The Relevance of Waldorf Education for Urban Public School Reform,» a study published in 2008 in the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, researcher Ida Oberman concluded that the Waldorf approach successfully laid the groundwork for future academics by first engaging students through integrated arts lessons and strong relationships instead of preparing them for standardized tests.

Jeremy Mettler, social studies teacher at Batavia (New York) High School, puts it this way: «Students all have them and they love using them, but they don't realize they're walking around with a computer in their pocket.»

Sherri Pritchard, the school's social - studies «learning facilitator» — there are no teachers and no principal here — said 95 percent of her online students pass Virginia's end - of - course history test, which would put them well ahead of both the Hampton school district's and state's pass rates.

During the years I spent as a public school student in the city, my time teaching social studies to public school students, and now my experience as a public school parent, I have seen a great deal.

The study, conducted by an independent consultant, concluded that by the end of the school year, the Jumpstart students had caught up to or surpassed their peers in language, social, and adaptive skills.

He had just spent two years studying the «climate of values» at several midwestern high schools, interviewing students about their academic lives, their social lives, school culture, and their rapidly evolving teen culture.

At the Askwith Forum, «Powering Social Change with Data: A Bully Case Study, «Nancy Lublin, CEO of DoSomething.org and Jeff Bladt, data scientist at DoSomething.org, will present initial findings on perceptions and trends of bullying in US secondary school by current students.

Larry Ferlazzo Larry Ferlazzo has taught English and Social Studies to both English Language Learners and mainstream students at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California, for six years.

To help students glean the good stuff and jettison the junk, the project brings seasoned journalists into secondary school English, social studies, and history classrooms as guides.

A team of researchers created and tested four social studies units that improved achievement among students in high - poverty schools.

Brian Hendrickson, a sixth - grade social studies teacher at Hillcrest Middle School, in Trumbull, Connecticut, polled his students to find out how they feel their male teachers differed from their female teachers.

The state does not have science and social studies assessments that are aligned to state standards for elementary, middle, and high school students, which lowers its standards - and - accountability score.

Unfortunately, contemporary social studies practice runs the risk of increasing, more than decreasing, the likelihood that students leave schools as mere children.

Achievement; growth; social studies in certain grades; growth of students; on - track high school graduation for 9th graders; progress in English - language proficiency; four -, five -, and six - year cohort graduation rates

The Linked Learning initiative is building a half - dozen or more career pathways in each of nine school districts, on the theory that students can get all the math, English, science, and social studies they need for a university, along with technical and job skills, but do it in a way that makes learning more fun and gives them real, relevant work experience.

Students in Jeff Hart's high school social studies classes can be found sharing their two cents worth about many topics — literally!

I've just seen this with the eighth - grade social studies students at Shanghai American School.

Middle school students learn social studies through Historia, a paper - based simulation game that incorporates a world cultures curriculum aligned to state standards.

In an effort to ensure that their students will succeed and that their schools will meet AYP goals, many teachers spend virtually all their instructional time on literacy and mathematics, with little attention to science and social studies.

School Wastage Study - National Absenteeism in Armenia «The term, school wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resoSchool Wastage Study - National Absenteeism in Armenia «The term, school wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resoschool wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resoschool success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resources.

I am a San Marino High School (CA) social studies teacher and for the past several years I have increasingly required my US Government students to think critically by engaging in a semester - long group project that culminates with an end - of term - presentation.