Sentences with phrase «social studies standards for»

The course can be aligned to Common Core ELA or Social Studies standards for credit.

Not exact matches

Mack believes that a study of the sources Paul used to construct his authority also helps the interpreter to reconstruct and describe the social situation Paul addressed, one in which standards for authority were unclear and under negotiation.

Another study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science discovered that the gold standard for happiest couples are those that have sex once a week.

In fact the authors point out that there are no studies of meditationamong children in a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schools.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Darlene Kertes and colleagues tested the commonly held belief that pet dogs provide social support for kids using a randomized controlled study — the gold standard in research.

But there is room for improvement on its standards, which have not been rated by the American Federation of Teachers as clear, specific, and grounded in content for English above the elementary level or for social studies at any grade span.

Projects were designed to address nearly all Michigan second - grade standards in social studies and many Michigan second - grade standards (which are the Common Core State Standards) for informational reading and informational writing.

Not only is the game great fun and easy to integrate into the curriculum, it also reinforces standards set by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS), the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE).

Among other things, this authenticity addresses the call in the Common Core State Standards for students to «learn to appreciate that a key purpose of writing is to communicate clearly to an external, sometimes unfamiliar audience» and an emphasis in the Michigan second - grade social studies standards on the local community context.

In standards and accountability, the American Federation of Teachers has rated Colorado's standards clear, specific, and grounded in content, except for social studies at the elementary and high school levels.

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.

We soon formed The Kids Like Blues Band, and since last March we've used blues songs as a springboard for teaching academic content standards in reading, writing, listening, speech, social studies, technology, and the visual and performing arts.

Social studies / history standards are clear and specific for middle and high schools.

But it lacks clear and specific standards at the elementary school level for English and at the middle school level for social studies / history.

Our estimates of the effects of G&T participation for barely eligible students are close to zero in all five subjects and are sufficiently precise to allow us to rule out with 90 percent confidence effects as small as 0.04 standard deviations (sd) in math, 0.07 sd in reading, 0.12 sd in language, 0.10 sd in social studies, and 0.19 sd in science.

Teachers will find classroom activities for math, science, social studies, art and language arts; connections to standards, an interactive energy conservation program and other articles and resources.

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.

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.

People who study education for a living understand what's going on — this is straight out of the standards promulgated by the National Council for the Social Studies, a professional organization that has long prized such «conceptual understanding» over «rote facts and figures.»

Standards and Accountability: Virginia has clear and specific standards at the elementary, middle, and high school levels for English, mathematics, and social studies / history.

Among them: requiring at least one art class for high school graduation; adding arts education standards to those the state is adopting in language arts, math, science, and social studies; and offering tax breaks to arts and entertainment companies that volunteer time, expertise, and other resources to schools.

Standards and Accountability: North Carolina has clear and specific standards at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in all subjects except social studies / history, for which standards are clear and specific in high school only.

Such standards exist for social studies / history at the elementary and high school levels only.

And they note that, as long as states retain the authority to establish core aca - demic standards for all public schools, they have the opportunity to mitigate curricular balkanization, even in such fractious fields as social studies.

All of these skills and concepts are contained in our state standards for mathematics, language arts, social studies, and 21st - century skills, and were embedded in the original project summary.

(The standards of the National Council for Social Studies do not introduce world history concepts until grade 5.)

The standards are expressed in statements that begin «Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of» - for instance, Culture.

The college, career, and civic life (C3) framework for social studies state standards: Guidance for enhancing the rigor of K - 12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History.

The revised standards, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, were developed by a Task Force of the National Council for the Social Studies, and approved by the NCSS Board of Directors in March 2010.

The same ten CCR anchor standards for Reading apply to both literary and informational texts, including texts in history / social studies, science, and technical subjects.

Mr. Elder earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescence / Social Studies - History in 2009, instilling reflection as a standard part of his practice and resulting in an unending quest to improve his teaching for all students.

The C3 Framework was developed to serve two audiences: for states to upgrade their state social studies standards and for practitioners — local school districts, schools, teachers and curriculum writers — to strengthen their social studies programs.

The grades 6 - 12 standards are divided into two sections, one for ELA and the other for history / social studies, science, and technical subjects.

Like the NCSS National Standards, which outline content and concepts for teachers and curriculum developers, the C3 Framework delineates pedagogical approaches and guides states in upgrading their social studies standards.

Developed by teachers and leaders of social studies curriculum in the State of Michigan, each PASST item has been designed using a blended approach to assess both the knowledge and skills essential for student mastery of standards in social studies.

Teaching the Movement: The State Standards We Deserve identifies best practices and puts forth models for school social studies and history standards.

standards in English language arts (ELA) and literacy for history / social studies, science, and technical subjects) as well as for

National Council for the Social Studies first published national curriculum standards in 1994.

This makes them a great choice for classrooms where students need to meet Common Core state standards and social studies standards based on the College, Career & Civic Life Framework.

The C3 Framework is not intended to prescribe the content necessary for a rigorous social studies program but is designed to guide states in their efforts to upgrade their social studies standards and to inform the pedagogical approaches of social studies educators across the nation.

But the American Federation of Teachers has rated the state's English standards as clear and specific only at the middle school level, while its social studies / history standards are clear and specific for middle and high schools.

The state administers tests that are based on state standards in elementary, middle, and high school for English and mathematics, but only at the high school level for science and social studies / history.

The state has tests based on its content standards for English and math in high schools, but it has dropped all tests for science and social studies.

Lessons aligned to grade - level Nebraska science and social studies standards with robust learning supports and tools to identify skill gaps for struggling readers

But Arizona does not have science and social studies assessments aligned to state standards for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Lessons aligned to grade - level Oklahoma science and social studies standards with robust learning supports and tools to identify skill gaps for struggling readers

Eighteen empirical studies have examined academic outcomes for school choice participants using random assignment, the gold standard of social science.

A strategic curriculum aligned to Oklahoma's grade - level standards for language arts, science, and social studies

Prior to the IES report, there have been 15 empirical studies examining academic outcomes for students participating in private school choice using random assignment, the «gold standard» of defensible social science: