Sentences with phrase «student academic problems»

«It should not be about a watered - down curriculum or remediation... that's exacerbating and masking student academic problems that already exist.»

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The «students» tend to be scientists and academics who are working on big science challenges — hairy problems in biotech and pure technology — funded by the NSF.

Harvey Mudd describes its core curriculum as «an academic boot camp in the STEM disciplines — math, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and engineering — as well as classes in writing and critical inquiry» that it says «gives students a broad scientific foundation and the skills to think and to solve problems across disciplines.»

In this configuration, class time is utilized for working through questions, collaboration, and problem - solving instead of lecture, ultimately resulting in greater student engagement and academic success.

Viner argued that academic departments needed to encourage their students in broader intellectual fields since solving real world problems was likely to involve skills learned in several different disciplines.

Insofar as Crisis on Campus identifies pressing problems» the financial plight of universities and the difficulties graduate students have in finding permanent academic jobs» it can be useful.

By his way of thinking, the most pressing problems include a dramatic drop in college and university endowments, an ever increasing number of graduate students and recent PhDs who will likely never secure full - time academic jobs, and a graying, backward - looking professoriate that refuses to get out of the way.

As a teacher Holmer was alert to the danger of theology becoming an academic technique in his students, and he called their attention to the problem both indirectly and bluntly.

In order to address this problem, high academic standards will need to be achieved in every school, and communities will have to provide the necessary resources for those students facing additional challenges.

In some cases, a student - athlete may experience more long - lasting (e.g. chronic) problems with cognitive function and physical / emotional / sleep symptoms, which may require consideration of one or more of the following academic accommodations:

The KIPP students who graduated from college were not the academic stars but the workhorses, the ones who plugged away at problems and resolved to do better.

The first of these assertions comes in for particular scrutiny, specifically the sub-claim that AP classes increase a student's chances of academic success in college; «[A] closer look at studies [on the subject] reveals some potential problems with the notion of causality,» reads the report.

And in today's classroom, where teachers must compete with digital distractions for their students» attention while trying to satisfy increasingly demanding academic standards, it is more important than ever that educators be able to combat apathy, instill vital problem - solving skills, and create a climate that maximizes learning.

is RECOGNIZING that the mayoral control «reform» — like previous efforts to change the system's governance without clearly articulating the educational purpose of the reform or facing society's deep systemic problems of poverty and racism — still leaves the city with schools that fail to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of our students;

The city school district is setting up programs as early as pre-kindergarten to try to ensure fewer students have the academic problems that lead to academic failure and dropping out.

The study, reported in the journal Academic Medicine in February, brought to the fore the problem of depression among students immersed in the rigors of medical training.

Academic writing is a big problem for PhD students.

This drive for academic achievement leads to high attainment in international academic assessments but has contributed to the curtailment of nocturnal sleep on school nights to well below the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep, putting students at risk of cognitive and psychological problems.

One problem is the extended breaks during the academic year: German students have 5 months without lectures per year, which, depending on your subject, can't always be filled with study - related work or internships.

The real problem is that most students (of all ethnic backgrounds) are turned off academic careers long before they complete their doctorates.

The 2004 University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Student Mental Health Survey, from the Berkeley Graduate and Professional Schools Mental Health Task Force, concluded: «Almost half of all graduate students participating in this survey reported an emotional or stress - related problem that significantly affected their well - being and / or academic performance in the last twelve months.»

A new pilot project hosted by AAAS provides graduate students with leadership, team building and problem - solving skills not often found in academic programs.

These skills are directly related to the development of many academic skills that allow students to manage their time effectively, memorize facts, understand what they read, solve multi-step problems and organize their thoughts in writing.

Dickensheets has found his experience with commercial instruments to be beneficial, and like most academics in engineering today, trains his students to be practical problem - solvers.

Furthermore, these problems can interfere with students» academic performance and retention.

No significant link was found between the classroom environment in the fall and students» academic engagement in the spring; however, in classrooms with more positive environments, youth with social and behavioral problems were more academically engaged.

According to a report from the University of California (UC), nearly half of graduate students said that a mental or emotional problem had interfered with their academic work in the past year.

The study, carried out by undergraduate student, Rie Davies, and academics Dr Maddie Ohl and Dr Anne Manyande from the School of Psychology at the University of West London, explored the pro-sociability, co-operation and problem - solving abilities of 24 girls and 24 boys aged four.

Baker thinks this kind of information could ultimately help teachers and guidance counselors figure out not only which students are at risk of academic problems but also why they are at risk and what can be done to help them.

To help ease the problem, the Education Ministry has promised to increase the number of university teaching assistant posts for doctoral students from 2000 to 2700 in the next academic year.

To put it plainly, if students don't feel included in the academic and scientific communities, they are more likely to leave science, and the diversity problem will remain unsolved.

Compounding the problem has been the swelling number of students entering PhD training in science while the number of tenure - track academic positions has stagnated.

Stephen Kilgus, an associate professor in the Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Missouri, is analyzing how a new screening tool, which is completed by students, can help teachers identify potential academic, social and emotional problems.

A national school - based mental health program that is now reaching almost one quarter of all elementary school students in Chile appears to have produced significant improvements in both behavioral and academic outcomes, such as attention problems and school attendance, among participating students.

At past symposia, FoR worked to highlight some of the problems facing postdocs and graduate students, and started to define solutions but this year, together with Academics for the Future of Science and the MIT Graduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacy skills.

Aalborg University students work in groups applying problem oriented methods in preparing projects of a high academic standard.

Loftus will ask a student who has come to his attention, usually because the student is having academic or behavioral problems.

Involvement in these projects has also proven to increase academic achievement as students learn problem - solving skills, how to plan activities and important team - work abilities.

PBL requires students to communicate their understanding of the problem, helping them develop critical thinking skills and increasing academic discourse in the classroom.

The best way to learn about the global problems is travelling around the world, for this reason the students of this new graduation would have to travel each academic year to different countries and continents to study the way to achieve the MDGs!

Students with Specific Learning Difficulties experience a range of problems with their academic learning.

Students who have parents deployed to a war zone are more vulnerable to a range of psychological, emotional and social issues, including an increased level of stress and anxiety, health problems, behavioural disorders and academic under - achievement.

When guiding the student in defining the problem on which we want to focus, we must take into account that it must be acceptable during the period of an academic course, trackable into steps and acceptable to the students and offering a realistic and affordable solution for the community to which it is directed, if it were the case (for instance, not always the problems raised have to be actual, it can be imagined or referred to another historical period or another place).

In her policy memo, outlined at a June 2014 conference called Addressing America's Poverty Crisis, Long offers three recommendations for addressing the academic preparation problem and thinking «much more deliberately about how to help students.»

These students can be helped by greeting them at the door before class, calling on them more frequently, asking them to help perform academic tasks, like solving a problem on the whiteboard, or generally making sure they feel appreciated.

Most students that I've spoken with perceive advisories as a time for academic help but not a place where they can go to deal with personal problems and challenges.

Offer training for teachers in reading that «aggressively» works on improving students» vocabulary skills or helps teachers work on academic problems in their classrooms.

Through mindful problem solving, reflection, and low - stakes assignments, we employ student - centered active engagement in academics to help kids develop voice and agency in school and in their lives as a whole.

When it comes to math, the problem may be worse — many students experience math anxiety, low self - confidence, or overwhelming amounts of academic pressure, which can disrupt learning, leading to lower grades and test scores.