Sentences with phrase «science teachers reported»

Most middle school science teachers reported spending a short time focusing on climate change — one to two hours on average.

As one science teacher reports, «With the vast majority of my students, I am truly facilitating big chunks of their learning by focusing them on diverse artistic expressions of their knowledge.

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Her agenda also includes proposals to connect every US household to high - speed internet by 2020, train 50,000 new computer science teachers, increase the research and development budgets of the National Science Foundation, and bolster cybersecurity, Reuters reported Tscience teachers, increase the research and development budgets of the National Science Foundation, and bolster cybersecurity, Reuters reported TScience Foundation, and bolster cybersecurity, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Commenting on media reports of comments made by the Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, on the quality of information, advice and guidance provided by state schools and teachers to students considering university, Dr Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

A Centre for Economic Performance report by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) found there had been an incentive effect for those teachers gaining above - average performance related pay, but that this was offset «by a more widespread demotivating effect arising from difficulties of measuring performance fairly».

BOX 24, B -8-7; 30215406 / 734845 SAPA General Correspondence, 1963 - 1966 SAPA Tryout Centers and Teachers 1963-1964 1964-1965 1965-1966 1966-1967 1967 - 1968 SAPA Request for Order Forms, 1964 Purchase Orders, 1963 - 1964 Purchase Orders, 1964 Xerox Correspondence, 1967 - 1971 Xerox Correspondence, 1968 - 1971 Xerox Correspondence, Labeling of Kits, 1970 - 1974 Xerox Representatives, 1971 - 1972 Ginn and Co., Correspondence, 1976 - 1977 Materials Tracking Lists, 1972 - 1973 Evaluation Forms and Reports, 1974 - 1975 General Correspondence, 1974 - 1976 General Correspondence, 1976 - 1977 General Correspondence, 1976 - 1978 Bibliographies, 1970 Uffelman Projects, 1971 Special Education Classes, 1971 Resource Persons, 1971 Writing Conference Lists, 1963 - 1967 Bibliography and Corrections, 1970 - 1972 Evaluation Report, 1967 Science Process Instrument, Requests, 1970 Resources Personnel Workshop, 1971 Consultants, 1971 Permission to Quote SAPA, 1972 - 1973 General Correspondence, 1978 - 1983

BOX 14, I -1-4; 30188578 / 734260 Slides Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstips, AAAS, «The Integrated Process», Filmstrip 4, 1974 SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Measuring», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Teaching Strategies», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Transcript of orientation tape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «The Basic Processes of Science», Filmstrip 2, 1974 «Laboratory Exercises for Use in a College Science Course for Non-Science Majors» - by James Wallace Cox, 1970 «A Process Approach to Learning, Supplementary Manual», based on SAPA developed by AAAS, by Ruth M. White, 1970 «Science Process Instrument, Experimental Edition», COSE, 1970 «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Guidelines, Standards and Recommendations for Research and Development» report, Feb. 1969 (4 Folders) «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Preliminary Report», Feb. 1969 «An Evaluation of Elementary Science Study as SAPA» by Robert B. Nicodemus, Sept. 1968 «SAPA - Purposes, Accomplishments, Expectations», COSE, AAAS (Brochure reported in Nov. 1968, 1970), 1967 (3 Folders) «The Psychological Bases of SAPA», COSE, 1965 «Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School Teachers of Sciecne and Mathematics» bookley, AAAS and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification «Career Opportunites in the Sciences» brochure, compiled by the Office of Opportunites in Science Slides and documentation - «Animal Eyes» and «Meterological Instruments», Fernbank Science Center, «An Integral Part of the DeKalb County School System» Slides and documentation - «Building Terrariums» and «What is my Age?&report, Feb. 1969 (4 Folders) «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Preliminary Report», Feb. 1969 «An Evaluation of Elementary Science Study as SAPA» by Robert B. Nicodemus, Sept. 1968 «SAPA - Purposes, Accomplishments, Expectations», COSE, AAAS (Brochure reported in Nov. 1968, 1970), 1967 (3 Folders) «The Psychological Bases of SAPA», COSE, 1965 «Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School Teachers of Sciecne and Mathematics» bookley, AAAS and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification «Career Opportunites in the Sciences» brochure, compiled by the Office of Opportunites in Science Slides and documentation - «Animal Eyes» and «Meterological Instruments», Fernbank Science Center, «An Integral Part of the DeKalb County School System» Slides and documentation - «Building Terrariums» and «What is my Age?&Report», Feb. 1969 «An Evaluation of Elementary Science Study as SAPA» by Robert B. Nicodemus, Sept. 1968 «SAPA - Purposes, Accomplishments, Expectations», COSE, AAAS (Brochure reported in Nov. 1968, 1970), 1967 (3 Folders) «The Psychological Bases of SAPA», COSE, 1965 «Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School Teachers of Sciecne and Mathematics» bookley, AAAS and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification «Career Opportunites in the Sciences» brochure, compiled by the Office of Opportunites in Science Slides and documentation - «Animal Eyes» and «Meterological Instruments», Fernbank Science Center, «An Integral Part of the DeKalb County School System» Slides and documentation - «Building Terrariums» and «What is my Age?»

BOX 1, V -5-1 SAPA Kits (Teacher, Classroom Activity Material, Exercises and Exercise Pamphlets Part A, 1967 Part B, 1967 Part C, 1967 Part D, 1968 Part E, 1968 Program Description Part A, 1967 Part B, 1967 Part E, 1968 Part F, 1968 Related Materials, Parts A-F, 1970 An Evaluation Model and Its Application, 2nd Report, AAAS Commission on Science Education (COSE), 1968 An Evaluation Model and Its Application, 1965 «The Psychological Bases of Science - A Process Approach» AAAS Misc.

The final report, commenting on the differences and similarities across the board — from the salaries of science teachers to the education of handicapped and immigrant children — will be available in the summer.

A new report from the Royal Society on improving U.K. science and mathematics education contains a lengthy wish list: Upper - level students should take a lot more science and math; more college graduates with science degrees should go into teaching; current teachers should continually upgrade their skills and have a larger voice in the educational process; and the government should de-emphasize the high - stakes tests used to measure student achievement.

The report recommends narrowing the number of core ideas to be covered within a particular course while emphasizing the cross-disciplinary nature of science, and it urges teachers to integrate the principles that scientists follow in doing their work into every course, at every grade level.

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) has reported that the Tennessee legislation also is opposed by the Tennessee Science Teachers Association, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, and the National Earth Science Teachers Association, among others.

After reading reports of how quickly the disease was spreading through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Hallisey felt moved to help, and with encouragement from her science research teacher, she looked into existing tests for Ebola.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 report notes that, «Nationwide, the supply of new mathematics and science teachers may not be sufficient to replace those who retire or leave the profession for other reasons, and teacher shortages in these subjects are not distributed evenly across sScience Foundation's (NSF's) Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 report notes that, «Nationwide, the supply of new mathematics and science teachers may not be sufficient to replace those who retire or leave the profession for other reasons, and teacher shortages in these subjects are not distributed evenly across sScience and Engineering Indicators 2012 report notes that, «Nationwide, the supply of new mathematics and science teachers may not be sufficient to replace those who retire or leave the profession for other reasons, and teacher shortages in these subjects are not distributed evenly across sscience teachers may not be sufficient to replace those who retire or leave the profession for other reasons, and teacher shortages in these subjects are not distributed evenly across schools.

[BOX 3: Grants and Contracts] Financial Statements, 1957 - 1959 Financial Reports, 1957 - 1959 Financial Statements, 1958 Financial Reports 1960-1961 1962 1963 1964-1965 1966-1967 Report on Review of Source Data Preparation for Accounting Purposes, Oct. 1961 AAAS Budgets, 1968 - 1969 Financial Reports, 1968 - 1969 Financial Statements and Accountant's Opinion, 1969 Financial Statements and Accountant's Opinion, 1970 Financial Reports, 1970 - 1971 Financial Reports, 1972 Financial Reports from Operations, 1979 Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 1974 and Projections to 1963 Report for Examination of Financial Statements and Additional Information, 1983 - 1984 Closed out Funds and Stocks AAAS Grants Committee, 1955 AID Audit - Mexico City, 1974 Asia Foundation, 1955 - 1975 Boston Concerts Carnegie Corp. - Grant to AAAS for Science Teaching Improvement Program Graham Chedd - Contract [3 folders], 1973 - 1977 DOS - AID Irene Tinker, 1973 - 1977 RISM Research for the Study of Man, 1973 - 1977 Smithsonian, 1971 - 1977 Audit, 1973 - 1977 Close Out, 1976 - 1978 GE Grant - Regional Consultants on Science Teaching, 1956 Gordon Marshall, Exhibits Contract, 1952 National Endowment of the Arts, 1973 NSF Grant - Soviet Science, 1952 Training Talented Students, 1955 Travelling High School Library, 1956 Gordon Conference on Teacher Education, 1956 Junior Academies Workshop, 1957 Proposal to NSF for Development of Science Teaching Materials for Elementary and Junior High Schools, 1961 Progress Report to the NSF on the Holiday Science Lecture Program, 1963 Proposal to the NSF for 1964 Visiting Foreign Staff Project, 1963 NSF - US - Japan Comparative Science Program, 1963 NSF - US - Japan Cooperative Science Program, 1964 WGBH, 1972 Willis Shapley, Contract Agreement, Oct. 1978 DHEW - Barrier Free Meetings, Oct. 1977 CBS News - Conquest Program Series, 1959 MISCO Contract - original, 1972 Basic Books Publishing - New Roads to Yesterday, 1963 - 1966

Among a raft of recommendations, his report calls for creating an Australian Innovation Board to identify priorities that would receive earmarked funding, adding to the rolls of science teachers, adopting a long - term R&D plan, and using science as a tool in Australian diplomacy.

For teachers, the reported DDoS attack on Pokà © mon GO provides a great pop culture tie - in for cybersecurity discussions with students, and Science Buddies has a classroom activity that makes exploring cybersecurity and learning more about DoS fun.

For example, a science teacher may choose to focus on one particular section of a lab report each time; an English language arts teacher may choose to focus on one particular stage of writing, shifting from one stage to another throughout the course of the year.

The first of the reports, carried out by Education Datalab, measured what the impact of a «modest» 5 per cent pay increase for early - career maths and science teachers in England would have been, had it been introduced in 2010.

A New York City middle school teacher gives students a close - up look at the art and science of television weather reporting.

Professor Sir John Holman, senior advisor to the Gatsby Foundation, said: «Hopefully, these reports will trigger a long - overdue debate — should we implement a modest salary supplement to maths and science teachers in the early stage of their careers, or continue to have a shortage of teachers in these core subjects?

In Alabama, the state's «Race to the Top» application originally proposed merit pay and a «new salary schedule that would give more money to math, science and special - education teachers,» but that portion of the application was deleted, reported the Press - Register (Mobile), «after Alabama Education Association leader Paul Hubbert wrote state Superintendent Joe Morton a letter... opposing them»

The report reviews 41 evaluation studies from a sample of 25 professional - development initiatives for teachers of math and science conducted across the United States from 2004 through 2007.

But the same report said core science principles are «easier to grasp when introduced through ocean examples,» and it urged the creation of ocean curriculums that more K - 12 teachers can use.

Great teachers and a strong education system are why Shanghai has ranked number one in reading, mathematics and science in the last two rounds of international testing for 15 - year - olds, according to an in - depth report from the World Bank.

During the next three years, teams of teachers in participating sites will work with scholars to design model curricula based on the group's recent report, «Science for All Americans.»

Hawaii is currently experiencing teacher shortages in the areas of high - school mathematics, science, agriculture, and industrial arts, according to a report produced last year by the state department of education.

Students were also less likely to report anxiety if the science teacher provides individual help when they are struggling.

Following the recent launch of the Joint Mathematical Council's report into digital technologies and mathematics, STEM - subject innovator Texas Instruments (stand J30) should be of interest to mathematics and science teachers.

The studies range from large - scale assessments (National Assessment of Educational Progress [NAEP] and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study [TIMSS]-RRB-, to evaluations of specific interventions (class - size reduction and vouchers), to commission reports (National Reading Panel, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future), to data analyses (Education Trust on teacher quality, Jay Greene on graduation rates).

Nearly a third of male secondary school teachers believe that science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects are more for boys, Tes has reported.

Students in schools whose principals reported that teachers had primary responsibility for determining the school budget scored 13 points worse in math, 5 in science.

More than 25 percent of high school math teachers and 20 percent of high school science teachers lack even a minor in their main teaching field, according to the report.

The report challenges organizations to take personal responsibility for improving mathematics and science teaching, said Lee V. Stiff, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).

According to the three - year study, which is being conducted by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and middle school science and math teachers in all three states report in surveys that they are making positive changes in the classroom by focusing on their states» academic standards or searching for better teaching methods.

Likewise, students of teachers who reported that they had a lot of influence on the subject matter to be taught performed worse in science, while the effect in math was statistically insignificant.

From one - fourth to more than a third of young adults take and pass high - level exams in those subjects in other industrialized countries, says the report, which was released here last week by the American Federation of Teachers and the National Center for Improving Science Education.

Professor Chubb states in his 2014 report, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: Australia's Future, that «Australia's STEM teachers at all levels, from primary to tertiary, must be equipped to deliver course content with confidence and inspiration...»

Education Guru have created a resource bundle that not only tracks each child's achievements in their year group's science but also shows you how these dovetail into the Interim Teacher Assessments that the Year 2 and Year 6 teachers have to report on.

«The benchmarks presented in this report reflect world - leading standards and we hope to empower our teachers by giving them the tools to include practical science in a greater proportion of their lessons.»

«If you're looking for a teaching job that's not smack in the middle of a city or 250 miles from the nearest highway, you may find it hard to believe that America faces a teacher shortage» says a Christian Science Monitor (March 17) report.

Imran Khan, chief executive of the British Science Association, said: «As a society, we need more and more young people who are curious about, and comfortable with, science — not least to ensure that we have a competitive economy and vibrant culture — so we hope that this report encourages more young people, teachers, schools, and parents to explore science and technology through the CREST Science Association, said: «As a society, we need more and more young people who are curious about, and comfortable with, science — not least to ensure that we have a competitive economy and vibrant culture — so we hope that this report encourages more young people, teachers, schools, and parents to explore science and technology through the CREST science — not least to ensure that we have a competitive economy and vibrant culture — so we hope that this report encourages more young people, teachers, schools, and parents to explore science and technology through the CREST science and technology through the CREST Awards.

We also control for the total number of minutes per week that the teacher reported teaching the math or science class, as more total instructional time could have an independent effect on student learning.

Participating teachers reported that the resources engaged pupils and were a good fit with the curriculum, with primary school teachers using them within science, geography, PSE and global citizenship lessons and stating that they provided a good opportunity to develop numeracy and literacy skills and encouraged group work and class discussion.

A literature search using the keywords technology, professional development, and science identified 360 studies from the past 25 years, 43 of which included multiple data sources and reported results for teachers and / or students.

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Sixty - one CSSS members across 38 states responded to our survey and reported that their work most frequently involves activities that attend to key components of their state's education systems, including: reviewing and developing state science standards, designing state science assessments, and designing or conducting teacher professional development.

A big factor: Far fewer college students are enrolling in teacher training programs, as we reported this spring, exacerbating a long - standing shortage of instructors in special education, science and English as a second language.

Despite the amount of time that teachers spend working, student achievement in the U.S. remains average in reading and science and slightly below average in math when compared to other nations in a separate OECD report.