Sentences with phrase «school social studies and science»

And recently they've added the Project Matcher, which is designed to match many of the site's activities with 4 - H projects and those carried out for school social studies and science fairs.

Not exact matches

Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

Scientific naturalists who take this line sometimes add that they do not necessarily object to the study of creationism in the public schools, provided it occurs in literature and social science classes rather than in science class.

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.

Creation and the Bible can (and many Atheists think, should) be taught in schools, not as science, but as literature, social studies, or philosophy maybe.

Accredited by the German Government and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the GISSV offers a dual - immersion program that follows ambitious curricula, focusing on science and social studies as well as arts and sports.

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).

The courses taught at the primary or basic school level include English, Ghanaian language and culture, mathematics, environmental studies, social studies, Mandarin and French as an OIF associated - member; as further languages are added, [166] integrated or general science, pre-vocational skills and pre-technical skills, religious and moral education, and physical activities such as Ghanaian music and dance, and physical education.

It collated results from a five - year study and a two - year study of 159 middle schools in Texas and found no statistically significant improvement in scores for English, maths, science or social studies, despite a # 3,000 bonus being offered to successful teachers.

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.

Signaling a profound turn away from the education policies of the Bloomberg administration, newly appointed schools chancellor Carmen Fariña promised to retreat from an emphasis on standardized testing and preparation, to re-focus on arts, social studies and science, and to implement changes that «happen with people, not to people.»

At the Washington, D.C., summit, for instance, «discussion split into two camps: scientific experts explored technical issues, whereas scholars who study science and society addressed questions about the possible disruption to social norms,» Sheila Jasanoff of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Benjamin Hurlbut of Arizona State University in Tempe wrote last week in a commentary in Nature.

The study, by two School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS) faculty members, was published in the journal Social Science Quarterly.

Health psychologist David Victorson, the principal investigator of the study and an associate professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, researches the emotional stress of active surveillance and how mindfulness training helps alleviate the anxiety.

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.

Jonathon Beckmeyer, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Health Science at the IU School of Public Health - Bloomington and author of the study, said his research generally focuses on the onset of teen alcohol use and how their social relationships shape those experiences.

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.

Surveys show that they are no different from public schools in the number of math, English, science, social studies, and computer - science classes that are required for graduation.

Dr. Chris McGee serves the Webster Groves school district located in the St. Louis suburban area as a curriculum coordinator for Science and Social Studies.

I have taught middle school reading, language arts, social studies, science, industrial technology, life skills, and careers education.

Colorado will look at writing, science, and ACT results; Florida will add writing and science; Georgia will include science and social studies for grades 3 - 8 and a whole suite of exit exams for high school; Kentucky and Oklahoma add science, social studies, and writing; and Massachusetts and Tennessee will both add science to the mix.

For elementary schools: science and social studies for elementary schools.

And after learning that this year marked Hood River County School District's 150 - year anniversary, Sarah Segal, a HRMS sixth - grade literacy, social studies, science, and language arts teacher, created a museum studies enrichment class to celebrate their local histoAnd after learning that this year marked Hood River County School District's 150 - year anniversary, Sarah Segal, a HRMS sixth - grade literacy, social studies, science, and language arts teacher, created a museum studies enrichment class to celebrate their local histoand language arts teacher, created a museum studies enrichment class to celebrate their local history.

The schools adjusted their timetables to allow for specialist teachers to instruct pupils in maths, science, social studies and reading.

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.

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.

MC2 STEM's transdisciplinary capstone projects blend science, English language arts, social studies, fine arts, engineering, and math, and are designed to transcend in - school and out - of - school environments.

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.

Visit an elementary school where some teachers specialize in teaching math and science together, and others language arts and social studies.

He is currently working on two projects: In Search of Deeper Learning, a contemporary study of schools, systems, and nations that are seeking to produce ambitious instruction; and The Chastened Dream, a history of the effort to link social science with social policy to achieve social progress.

Chronic absenteeism, proficiency in science in certain grades, proficiency in social studies in certain grades, on track in 9th grade, college - and - career readiness for high schools

For middle schools: science and social studies, as well as a dropout credit accumulation index.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Elementary and middle schools: Reading, mathematics, science, social studies, and writing assessments for all students assessed on a campus.

Within a single school day, our pupils are enrolled in four core classes (English language arts, math, science, and social studies), one specialty class, one academic intervention course, and one extra-curricular enrichment course.

Performance in English / language arts, math, science, social studies (at the high school level); student growth; four - five - and six - year graduation rates.

Students with increased NAPLAN scores are more skewed towards subjects such as interest in science, law, engineering, architecture, social work and arts, and students who consider their academic performance to be above average are more likely to choose medicine, a study of 6492 students from years 3 to 12 across 64 NSW public schools has found.

For high schools: science and social studies end - of - course exams, strength of diploma credentials, ACT / WorkKeys

Nevertheless, studies have found that, after controlling for the size and structure of the school and the social background of its students, schools in provinces with external exams taught their students a statistically significant one - half of a U.S. grade - level equivalent more math and science by 8th grade than comparable schools in provinces that did not give curriculum - based external tests.

South Dakota is one of 12 states offering standards - based tests in every core subject — English, math, science, and social studies — at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Standards and Accountability: Tennessee has clear and specific standards in English, science, and social studies / history at the elementary and middle school levels, and in mathematics in all grade spans.

But it provides a science test aligned to state standards in middle school only, and it offers no standards - based test in history / social studies.

Standards and Accountability: Colorado has clear and specific standards for English, mathematics, and science in all grade spans, but it has such standards only at the middle school level for social studies / history.

Does it incentivize adding more social studies, science, art, and music to the school day, or does it encourage schools to do less?

Lisa Hansel of the Core Knowledge Foundation suggests that kids need 150 minutes per week of science, 150 of social studies, and sixty of the arts in elementary school.

For instance, schools may have taught to the tests in math and reading while neglecting science, social studies, the arts, and physical education.

While subject - area knowledge is privileged in the standards — INTASC has developed specific standards for science, mathematics, English language arts, and special education, and will soon release those for the elementary - school level, social studies, and foreign language — the standards also make clear that knowledge of child development, learning theory, and teaching approaches is essential.

I simply used the electronic newspaper, The Ratzel Room 66 Daily, that Marsha Ratzel, a science and social studies teacher at Leawood Middle School in Kansas produces daily for her students.

A second important outcome was that the lower - performing students, so these were students who were about the bottom third of our sample, these were students who were earning Grade Point Averages (GPAs) of a C or below in the semester prior to the intervention [and were] most likely going to be struggling in school; for these students, the intervention increased their GPAs and also increased their likelihood of passing core courses like Math, English, Social Studies and Science - and increased that by around 6.5 percentage points.