Sentences with phrase «student learning period»

Accurate, fair, and defensible academic grades communicate about student learning period» (Chappuis et al., 2012, p. 338).

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It offers a specialization in global energy management and sustainability, where students are put into five intensive residencies in key energy centres around the world over a period of 20 months to learn from top industry experts.

And so, essentially, the average student in Chicago looks like they're learning six years worth of math and reading skills in the five - year period between third and eighth grade.

Students will learn to identify stylistic characteristics of music periods and composers and the key periods and dates of music history.

Then the awesome principal commenced learning all 1000 kids names and swooping in busing the tables, checking in with the student body at both lunch periods and making certain all kids who were not eating had money to buy food, or he whipped out his wallet and gave them the money to go buy lunch.

«There are alternative measures of student learning and growth that can be adopted during this critical transition period.»

During the question - and - answer period, the state lawmakers» main question for Mulgrew was: If the state doesn't use state ELA and math scores to evaluate teachers, what would teachers consider authentic measures of student learning?

Before and after the two - week period, the students took memory tests that engaged the brain's hippocampus, the region associated with complex learning and memory.

Our training is spread out over an eight week period, letting students digest and apply what they've learned, allowing them to live the process.

Students who do not receive consent from parents to learn TM or simply prefer not to participate are asked to read in silence or sit quietly during these two short periods.

But the heart and soul of this educational and deliciously entertaining period piece is the student - teacher relationship of Bertie and Lionel, a man who learned his trade dealing with shell - shocked soldiers returning from World War I. Lionel tries to figure out when Bertie doesn't stammer.

Students in grades five and up in 11 school districts learned math problems through videotaped problems over a three - week period (The Adventures of Jasper Woodbury series).

Guest blogger Jennifer Gonzalez proposes the In - Class Flip, a modified version of the flipped - learning model that incorporates the video lecture element as one of several stations that students visit during their class period.

Gonzalez proposes the «In - Class Flip,» a type of blended learning that incorporates the video lecture element as one of several stations that students visit during their class period.

Galactic Mappers provides many opportunities for me to assess my students, give immediate feedback, and track their learning across a class period as they attempt to reach their goal.

The games and activities are particularly useful as students prepare for examinations, and for the transition period between learning stages.

As students work over days, assess their learning and follow up in later class periods with further instruction and scaffolding.

According to NYLC, service - learning is defined as student programs organized in relation to a specific academic course or curriculum, with clearly stated learning objectives that address real community needs in a sustained manner over a period of time.

The learning activities for each class were expected to last between 45 and 60 minutes per class period, and students were required to submit a deliverable in each class to demonstrate completion of the work.

During this period, teachers give students who are struggling with a concept extra time and attention, and students who have mastered the basics receive instruction that takes their learning to the next level.

In our experience, by letting the game run to the end of the period without any wrap up or discussion, you have stolen some of the most valuable learning time from your students.

Hamilton's multicultural cast is integral to the production, and it makes sense that this diversity would also inform how students learn about both the historical period and the play.

More generally, how can you begin to establish a productive and positive classroom culture — to communicate to students that you are well organized, have high expectations in terms of both learning and behavior, and aspire to make each class period stimulating, challenging, and enjoyable?»

Building in a few minutes at the beginning of class for students to speak can impact the learning for the rest of the period.

Students of varying abilities still will sit in a classroom for a pre-determined period to learn the same amount of material.

This resource can be used alone or in conjunction with St. Nicholas» Day (after this presentation has been shown and discussed, you may want to spend one more period on a range of engaging activities to reinforce students» learning).

this is a booklet deisigned to teach students briefly about religion if they are absent for a period of time or are in a learning centre out of mainstream education

The current zeal for higher standards and more testing follows a period in which many educators believed that giving students lots of successes would boost their self - esteem and love of learning.

The 3 - hour time period provides an opportunity for professional discourse, during which teachers can learn from one another, learn from examining student work, and discuss best paths for instructional practice.»

«You're giving a kid an opportunity who may have otherwise seriously dropped out or failed,» Attivo says, adding that online learning is simply customized learning for students who don't need the structure of a seven - period day with teacher - led instruction.

It might be helpful to designate certain class periods as times for learning to use a new tool; a time when students practice using the tool on very simple problems even though they don't really need it.

In a traditional classroom, time is fixed and learning is variable (that is, classes are held for a set period of time, and when the bell rings the amount of learning that has occurred varies, sometimes dramatically, by student).

The next class period, my students were ready to apply what they had learned to their Storybird stories.

«We've heard our students find it to be a powerful and very different learning experience to focus intensively — to take a deep dive — into only one course each day in a two - week period, rather than juggling four or more courses as students would do during the fall or spring semesters,» Miller says.

Learning to play an instrument has periods of physical and mental tedium, and success has no shortcuts — students must invest their time.

For small groups working together over a class period to several weeks, the authors recommend (1) structuring group work, (2) explaining the task and positive interdependence, (3) monitoring students» learning and intervening to provide assistance and increase interpersonal group skills, and (4) evaluating students» learning and helping students process how well their group is doing.

Acton compresses students» core learning into a two - and - a-half-hour personalized - learning period each day during which students learn mostly online.

We design longer periods of time for students to engage in learning.»

A focus on student progress — how much an individual student has learnt over a given period — is a better indication of a school's performance.

A 1999 study by the Center for Research in Educational Policy at the University of Memphis and University of Tennessee at Knoxville found that students using the Co-nect program, which emphasizes project - based learning and technology, improved test scores in all subject areas over a two - year period on the Tennessee Value - Added Assessment System.

Students with a growth mindset were more motivated to learn and exert effort, and outperformed those with a fixed mindset in math — a gap that continued to increase over the two - year period.

Over a period of several walk - through observations, the principal or another observer will have significant data that might spur a reflective question such as How can I increase the number of students who are actively engaged in learning?

Teachers often spend only ten minutes delivering direct instruction; the rest of the class period is devoted to hands - on learning, as students participate in guided reading and writing or grapple with a math problem.

The focus is on how long students are exposed to teaching, and it assumes all students can learn the same amount in the same period of time.

With your good teaching, and with these worksheets to teach both the concepts, vocabulary and facts of U.S Westward Movement period, all students will develop English language skills as they learn.

In general, the schools structured their schedules in ways that facilitate in - depth learning and prepare students for the typical college schedule: staggered start times, eight - hour days, class periods of varying lengths, fewer class meeting days per week, and dedicated time for collaborative and independent research projects.

Among those innovations are a night program that started this fall, the International Business Venture (in which students study local companies and then visit their counterparts overseas), a student - run foundation, computer - assisted learning, cyberdays for those snowed - in periods when getting to school is perilous, and Interim, which consists of two - week community - service projects.

A general challenge is to redesign teaching and learning in ways that recognise and respond to the very different stages that students are at in their learning, set stretch challenges for every learner and monitor learning progress over extended periods of time.

So are schools where teachers have 120 or more students to get to know (with this 120 shuffled at the end of each semester); where serious learning is broken up into snippets of 50 - minute «subject matter periods» arranged in no intellectually coherent order; where assessment keeps knowledge tightly packaged in separate intellectual domains; where short - term memory work is rated as deserving the highest value at the expense of original, long - term analytic work; and where the intellectual engine of the curriculum comes at most students and teachers as a list of subjects and skills, usually far too long for the careful savoring and devoted practice that leads to deep understanding and worthy habits.

Proponents of block scheduling cite active learning as the key to keeping students engaged and learning during longer periods.