Sentences with phrase «seen in classrooms where»

An example of automatic differentiation that is highly effective is seen in classrooms where tablet computers are integrated into the learning.

Not exact matches

«We're looking at the master schedule to see where there are classroom vacancies in certain times of day and locations,» Runcie said.

She also points to the revolutionary educational possibilities: «Other applications involve things in the classroom, where students are able to not just see a picture of Niagara Falls or some alien world like Venus — we have maps from our various spacecrafts of Mars and Venus that would allow students not just to hear about far - off places, but will allow them to scroll around the world at will.»

I can see an elementary school classroom where every boy in there is named Mohammed.

I'm seeing a lot of comments where people accept that evolution per se occurs, but either deny that there is evidence of life arising by the theory of evolution by natural selection or just want to treat creationism as equal to that theory in the classroom.

I have seen students enthusiastically eating all sorts of healthy options, especially where they have first encountered the foods in a school garden or classroom cooking demonstration, helped to plant or harvest the vegetables or even met the farmer growing their greens.

This might mean doing things like visiting the classroom and seeing what it looks like and meeting with the teacher in a situation where she's not immediately put in a position to answer questions or speak.

«What you've seen us doing on social media isn't necessarily something we can do at every single school, but we are able to test a recipe completely at a school where breakfast - in - the - classroom is served,» Pettit explained.

While they can't replicate every recipe for breakfast - in - the - classroom, they work hard to test each recipe to see where it can be served within the given time constraints.

Cap - and - trade rewards for energy misers In public buildings especially, where users don't pay for electricity bills, it isn't unusual to see energy - saving light bulbs lighting up unattended classrooms, or efficient air conditioners chilling down empty office buildings overnight.

Here, in a classroom where all the desks have been pushed aside for the evening, Bruckner sees homeless patients who would otherwise rarely, if ever, see a physical therapist.

McAdams and Lelio together underline the moments where the mask slips — when she first sees Ronit, when she's goaded into speech at a Shabbat dinner, and especially when she prepares to re-enter the classroom in which she feels most at home.

As I saw it — and still do — movie theaters are modern day classrooms where audiences — youngsters of all ages — learn how to behave in arenas ranging from the bedroom to the battlefield, and where they form their standards for and expectations about life.

Transmedia storytelling — telling a single story across multiple media platforms — as a means to help students engage with challenging cultural issues of civic responsibility, diversity, and social justice can be an important tool in the classroom, especially in an age where students are finding it increasingly difficult to see over the wall between their school lives and their «real» lives.

Teachers need to know the importance of being able to see the entire classroom no matter where they are in the room, how to ignore some behaviors, how to genuinely compliment students, how to count to 3, 10, whatever....»

You can see patterns within classrooms, so there might be a Year 5 classroom where students are particularly struggling in inferencing, and so you can see that you need to put some support in there.

January 2011 had marked the 27th successful year of BETT, where once again the significant role that technology plays in the classroom and in the school as a whole was clear to see, even in a time of ongoing change and austerity in the sector.

They see us learning during the school day, they come by a classroom where it's a classroom of teachers and they see their teachers engaged in the same work that we ask them to do.

Creating a classroom environment where students see the relevance of learning, and where they feel a sense of belonging, is an excellent way to foster an academic mindset in them.

What's exciting to see at this time of year is the growth of students and the evolution of the classroom environment, which is due to the skill and care that teachers have put into creating and cultivating learning spaces where students can try out ideas, take risks, explore their passions, and start putting together culminating projects to capture the various skills they have acquired in class.

«I might take my laptop into a classroom to type observation reports as I see a lesson taught, or I might set up a desk in a busy hallway where I can complete paperwork and still be visible to students and staff.

Wanting to see for himself, Mike visits his local elementary school in Takoma Park, Maryland, where «the children of übereducated whites» are in the same classrooms as poor blacks, black middle - class families» and «poor immigrant children from Latin America, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.»

In our visits to PL schools, we're seeing a move away from traditional lecture - based formats in favor of lively classrooms where students tackle self - designed projectIn our visits to PL schools, we're seeing a move away from traditional lecture - based formats in favor of lively classrooms where students tackle self - designed projectin favor of lively classrooms where students tackle self - designed projects.

I saw nothing wrong (I still don't) with a classroom culture where adults are firmly in charge and held accountable for creating a safe, orderly, and respectful environment in which learning can happen.

Gamestar Mechanic is a one - stop solution for teachers who see the potential of game design being included in their classroom, but may not know where to begin.

Here, then, are three adverse classroom consequences seen in states where instructionally insensitive NCLB tests are used:

The kids she saw in Japanese classrooms were happily engaged in mathematics — boisterous, energetic, with arguments abounding about solutions to problems — whereas in the United States, she saw dull classrooms where children unhappily practiced procedures.

These personal objects could be placed in a «red corner,» a highlighted area in the classroom where they are seen as reminders.

With harsher systemic punishment doled out in our most vulnerable places, we need to recognize that classrooms are often the first place where students see inequity, and it's usually not in the resources but in their treatment.

Brett McKay: [The biggest thing is] science is all around us, science is actually a part of life, and quite often the students see science as being what's done in the classroom and they don't see where it's related to what's happening around them.

«We hadn't told them what was going to happen so they entered the classroom to see a table laden with prizes and then the characters appeared from where they had been hiding in the room.

I was walking through a university in Melbourne and, as I was taking the escalator up to the floor where I was giving my talk, I passed a couple of classrooms that have glass walls so I could look into the classroom, and it's the first day of exams so the scene I saw in there, even though I didn't know it was the first day of exams, I could recognise it right away: desks separated by a metre or two, bare tables with just a piece of paper, an eraser and a pen; no calculators, no computers, nothing; students cut off from each other; students cut off from any source of information.

See where Edcamps and Unconferences got their start with Open Space Technology, an inclusive decision - making model for crowdsourcing the best ideas in your school or classroom.

When teachers engage kids in talking about their particular strengths, weaknesses, interests, and ways of learning — and in developing a classroom where everyone gets the help and support they need to grow as much as possible — I see kids who are very enthusiastic about that approach to teaching and learning.

But how can we nurture a relationship with children and engage them in the online classroom, where we are not as able to see if a student is engaged?

We found that high - achieving students benefit most from tough grading standards when they are placed in classrooms where the overall level of achievement is relatively low (see Figure 3).

I then mentioned that I had seen Johnny behaving appropriately in his classroom, and explained to the driver how the teacher used seating chart to assign seats based on where students would be the least distracted and distracting.

Rather than waiting to see how those changes would affect their schools, the district set out in 2008 to incorporate a bold vision into its strategic plan: Vancouver would create an «opportunity zone» where schools would focus on addressing the impact of poverty that can affect students» classroom performance.

If we were to take several snapshots of classrooms in America today — perhaps at different grade levels, would we begin to see a picture of where our nation is headed?

I did not see a single classroom where the kids were sitting in rows, quietly listening to a lecturing teacher.

The overhaul will also create a much more transparent school finance system (the most transparent system in the country) so that anyone can see where dollars are flowing — into which schools, programs, or classrooms.

That way, students can see where their minds are and how they are trying to deal with the way they feel about fair conditions in the classroom.

Collaborating this way allowed for one preservice teacher to see that current theory grounded in New Literacies is happening in classrooms where practicing teachers honor student voices in an effort to better prepare students for the academic writing demands of college classrooms.

Extra classroom places are likely to relieve some of the increasing pressure on primary schools, particularly in London and the big cities, where a surge in the birth rate has seen primary schools struggling to cope with the rising demand.

Teachers of color serve as «mirrors» in the classroom where students can see themselves as educational leaders instead of «windows» where they are being taught through a cultural lense that is foreign to that of their own.

In my current role teaching educators Responsive Classroom strategies, I watch teachers incorporate these five principles of language into their daily communications with students, and I see them build classrooms where students feel safe, respected, and engaged.

«I've seen huge disparities, where I've gone into classrooms in urban districts and the paint is peeling and there's not a computer in sight, to very high - end districts where every kid has an iPad they can bring home,» said Lisa Gillis, president of Integrated Educational Strategies, a national nonprofit based in California that helps schools implement digital curricula.

And, we help choose content that can make classrooms places where students connect to, and wrestle with, what they are seeing in the world.

«We will make sure our kids are safe, we will see our way through these issues and our kids will be back in the classroom where they belong,» Emanuel said.

Schools where students are engaged and adults are skilled in positive, preventive discipline see big drops in the frequency with which kids are sent out of the classroom because of misbehavior.