Sentences with phrase «so than other students»

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(And yes, I had to actually earn money when I was a student too, so I realize that's easier for some students than others, but there's always a way to slip some kind of internship, work experience, or related extracurricular into your schedule between tying on that wait staff apron.)

You can't always be the student, so when you can, remember that there are others than can benefit from your guidance.

«I've been in education for more than 30 years, and we teach our students to do what you can to help other people, don't just think about yourselves, so that's what I wanted to do,» said Sister Margret.

So one campus is evangelical or pretty much Southern Baptist (not all the students there are Baptist but all conform to Christian social discipline) and the other isn't even remotely Baptist or only vaguely Christian (although most of the students are more than vaguely Christian).

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

For the next few years, I was engaged mostly with parenting: working to develop the cooperative spirit and patterns so necessary for a department of 20 specialists if we were to listen to and learn from each other in such a way that we could train graduate students together rather than at cross-purposes.

Intercollegiate rules kept first - year students from playing varsity, so Trice worked out with the freshmen team, which played no games other than scrimmages against the varsity.

The capacities that develop in the earliest years may be harder to measure on tests of kindergarten readiness than abilities like number and letter recognition, but they are precisely the skills, closely related to executive functions, that researchers have recently determined to be so valuable in kindergarten and beyond: the ability to focus on a single activity for an extended period, the ability to understand and follow directions, the ability to cope with disappointment and frustration, the ability to interact capably with other students.

There are very few nods to students» other - than - French ethnic backgrounds, and — so far as I can tell — no accommodations for dietary demands outside what is assumed to be the norm.

Psychologist Angela Duckworth, a protà © gà © of Seligman's, has done a range of studies — on college students with low SAT scores, West Point plebes, and national spelling bee contestants, among others — and has found that a determined response to setbacks, an ability to focus on a task, and other noncognitive character strengths are highly predictive of success, much more so than IQ scores.

It is highly unfair to perpetuate this fast - track award merely on the assumption that a BA (Hons) from Oxford or Cambridge Universities justifies a complimentary equivalent award, for no reason other than the student in question attended the institution, and has stayed alive for a few years after completing the BA — nothing more is needed for them to be given an MA and so a significant advantage in the jobs market.

He has autism, so his school requirements were different than other students, but he took part in the same big events.

The average student is younger, less biased, more curious, and more critical than other members of society are; they are also not yet so imprisoned by status - oriented professional or financial interests.

They also encounter a more thoughtful objection, which goes something like this: American students are tested so much already — far more often than students in other countries, such as Finland and Singapore, which regularly place well ahead of the U.S. in international evaluations.

Perhaps because students in the study got the targeted help they needed to catch up, Ludwig said, «These effects on schooling outcomes are larger — much larger — than what we see from so many other educational strategies.»

Other than the cute styles rocked by fab college students (which I thought was so great for them btw — I love young gals getting to strut their confidence in a positive way)!

So, this means that as a student, you get many more options than other members.

This was particularly the case because many societies remain highly segregated: the average American public school student has less than one interracial friend, and around 90 % of people who attend religious services do so only with others of their own race.

Though obvious from start to finish - it's little more than a Public Service Announcement - there are a few moments in this that are thought - provoking: how these starlets balance their «jobs» and personal relationships (Silguero's boyfriend is clearly bothered by her sleeping with so many other people), how they regard each other (none of them likes Belle Knox, the famous Duke student who turned to porn) and especially how they view the difference between «on - screen performing» and «real - life romance» (I found the scene of the one girl awkwardly trying to get a male waiter's number to be completely adorable).

«I have a feeling that VOISE students are going to be able to advance so much faster than other students because they will have had their individual needs met.»

Cultivate leadership among teachers and other staff members because they are so much closer than the principal to the day - to - day instructional lives of students.

Foster collaboration: Encourage collaboration rather than competition so that students benefit from peer feedback and help each other improve.

So he exhorted lawmakers to consider «chartering,» as a way to allow entities other than school districts to establish new public schools that would be open to students regardless of where they lived, thereby beginning to withdraw the monopoly school districts held over the provision of public education.

And then we need to think about how we can adopt an authoritative but not authoritarian professional practice, which expects positive behaviours from all students and as a default expects those, so we are expecting positive behaviours, rather than the opposite where we're having to pause a system that deals with negative behaviours, we should the other way expect them.

Questions are not in order as some sections are longer than others, so the questions were re-ordered so as to keep the student's attention.

Yet these transformations will shrink the scale over some ranges and expand it over others, so that student A appears to make more progress than student B using one scale, but less using another.

Students in secular private, Catholic, and other religious schools are more likely than students in assigned public schools to have confidence in their ability to exercise civic skills if called upon tStudents in secular private, Catholic, and other religious schools are more likely than students in assigned public schools to have confidence in their ability to exercise civic skills if called upon tstudents in assigned public schools to have confidence in their ability to exercise civic skills if called upon to do so.

So rather than just use other measures to evaluate those teachers — like observations — states encouraged the creation of «student learning objectives» to fill the gap.

Interestingly, parents and students valued different aspects of teaching practices more so than others.

«I believe so much that my students» writing is worthwhile and that they're writing about serious things that should be read by people other than me,» says Stocklin.

With a profit margin of more than three dollars for each potted plant, students chose to donate close to $ 200 to the children's ward at an area hospital, so that other youngsters whose emotional or physical well - being had kept them from the playground might sooner have a chance at re-inhabiting local swing - sets and monkey bars.

SMB: We should take a page from the successful, ongoing efforts that address the lingering lag in girls» and women's participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and leadership positions: 1) mentoring and role - modeling programs that involve more men in schools, particularly men who hold other than traditionally male jobs so that students see men in a variety of careers; 2) a national fathers» reading campaign to engage more fathers in reading to their children; and 3) increased funding for innovative programs that engage students in literacy activities in and out of school.

be updated annually and incorporate the findings of the audit and any other action required to be taken by the district pursuant to this subclause and, as so updated, approved by the board of education and implemented no later than the first day of regular student attendance of each year that the school remains in corrective action.

Public school districts may commence language other than English instruction at any grade level prior to grade eight but shall do so no later than the beginning of grade eight so that students are provided the required two units of study by the end of grade nine.

Arts students have the luxury of choice more so than others when it comes to their subjects, which are usually literary in nature.

And playing off a line from Finn, it's not obvious to me that American students are so much farther down the intelligence scale than their agemates in other lands.

I taught these as a PGCE student so some lessons are better than others!

However, among the various influences that schools and policymakers can control, teacher quality was found to account for a larger portion of the variation in student test scores than all other characteristics of a school, excluding the composition of the student body (so - called peer effects).

This approach is similar to the one used in this study and aligns with other studies that have shown the importance of content - area learning along with technology integration, so that technology supports the curriculum and student learning, rather than being treated as an added on activity or object (Glazer, Hannafin, Polly, & Rich, 2009; Harris & Hofer, 2011).

So, positive student - teacher relationships are more powerful than a lot of other things we do.

So, we would be foolish to ignore the social and economic stresses faced by American students which are greater than those encountered by students in most other countries, as explained in this report.

So, when U.S. citizens read that «only one - third» or «less than half» of the students in their local schools are proficient in mathematics, science, or reading (or other subjects), they can rest assured that the same judgments could be applied to national education systems throughout the world if students in those nations participated in NAEP or Common Core - related assessments.

When we administer these exams, we attempt to keep the testing conditions consistent for all students so that we can be sure that differences in scores are due to differences in knowledge and abilities rather than other unrelated factors.

In addition, Hespe said the state will add an appeal process for the current year around the use of so - called «student growth objectives,» a separate measure that uses assessments other than standardized test scores.

So many EL teachers, classroom teachers, school leaders, guidance counselors and other educators are finding it more imperative than ever to make sure that student groups being targeted are cared for and that school can still be a functioning, welcoming place, even when the world outside is so uncertaiSo many EL teachers, classroom teachers, school leaders, guidance counselors and other educators are finding it more imperative than ever to make sure that student groups being targeted are cared for and that school can still be a functioning, welcoming place, even when the world outside is so uncertaiso uncertain.

In addition to her normal 40 - minute social studies block, Jenny worked with other teachers to adjust the schedule so that she would have an additional hour with the students for social studies each day which amounted to more than one quarter of the entire school day and, according to Jenny, required a huge modification.

«Obviously, a child considered poor in the United States may be regarded as relatively wealthy in another country,» he wrote, «but the fact that the perceived problem of socio - economic disadvantage among students is so much greater in the United States — and in France too — than the actual backgrounds of students also suggests that what school principals in some countries consider to be social disadvantage would not be considered such in others.»

This situation of working with actual students on the same problem would likely motivate prospective teachers to perform at their best for this data point, more so than for other data points.

So why are some students more than others easily motivated or defeated?

The reading classes are grouped by achievement, not grade level, and are taught by someone other than the student's regular classroom teacher, so that more than one teacher is intimately familiar with each student.