Sentences with phrase «students as a whole group»

I introduced the task to my students as a whole group, they checked in with me periodically but for the most part students worked independently to complete the task.

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The Rev. Joseph W. Knowles describes the goals of the Renewal Center Mission as (1) developing the Life Renewal Center through small «groups,» (2) giving attention to the use of present structures to focus the whole life of the church as a healing community, (3) developing a program of supervised clinical pastoral education for theological students, and (4) maintaining a Residential Center halfway house for twenty men and women who have been previously hospitalized for mental illness.

Next would come a series of discussions, in small groups and in the class as a whole, in which students compared and contrasted their solutions, arguing and lobbying for different approaches.

And if you factor in the student loan, the housing ladder and so forth then the fees hike may well have the effect (since the NPV of a degree isn't all that impressive as it is, as far as I'm aware) of disadvantaging some groups relative to, say, plumbers or junior bankers in a way that won't be helpful to society as a whole.

If this limited group of students were not representative of all Texas students, it would be inaccurate to draw any conclusions about TAAS as a whole.

Next comes the «we do,» where the teacher can ask students to go through an activity as a whole group.

In a kindergarten classroom recently, most of the ESOL students were actively engaged while we were reading the story aloud as a whole group.

Some civil rights organizations say lumping together different types of students, such as English - language learners and students in special education, makes it much tougher to see how individual groups are progressing relative to other groups of students and the student population as a whole.

Applying this model of behavior to minority and white students yields two important predictions: A positive relationship between academic achievement and peer - group acceptance (popularity) will erode and turn negative, whenever the group as a whole has lower levels of achievement.

You can use these as regular printables, early finisher worksheets and / or as a whole group, small group, ESL, individual work and / or for SEN students.

For example, «Do Now» s (a commonly used technique for keeping students on task while waiting for whole - group instruction to start) can become «Start Now» s, which allow each student to dive into their individualized content as soon as they enter the classroom.

The teacher randomly selects one student's work from each group and grades it as representative of the whole group, so that the entire group receives the same grade.

And since the learning - disabled students were not a randomly selected group but a group of students who requested accommodations for their retest, one has no idea whether the findings can be generalized to the disabled population as a whole.

They would present the class with the problem, then in small groups or as a whole group, students would describe what they notice.

Additionally, you can have the students graph the data that represents their class as a whole group based on the data from 1st to 4th quarter.

Idea 1: For younger students: Have students work together as a whole - class group to create one legend about rivers.

Artifact Sharing: Just as you might bring in some of your favorite childhood and teen books, invite students to bring in artifacts from their lives — photos, books, and awards — and share one - on - one, in small groups, or with the whole group.

Created for A-Level students and includes the following key information in an easy to understand, but high level presentation: The narrative with key quotations from each section of the text; Poetic devices; Structure of the text and significance; Links to the Canterbury Tales as a whole and literary context; Settings and explanations; The Franklin and how he is significant in telling this tale; Genre and the Breton Lay; What some of the key critics say about The Franklin's Tale; Notes on Kittredge and the marriage group of tales.

Activities In this activity, students work on their own, in pairs, in small groups, in larger groups and, finally, as a whole class to figure mean, median, and mode of collections of candy data.

The first hour of the first class is dedicated to students discussing the syllabus in small groups, surfacing questions that are subsequently discussed as a whole group.

If students learn better using some methods as opposed to others — for instance, whole group instruction vs. online tutorials — it adjusts accordingly (more on how it works).

Yet in addition to checking whether the lotteried - in and lotteried - out students are comparable as whole groups, we also need to check that subgroups of students, sorted by the grade to which they applied, are comparable.

First, it would all but eliminate school - level information about the learning of student subgroups, as testing only a single grade in each school often results in sample sizes for groups such as English learners or blacks that are too small to yield reliable information for the school as a whole.

The next part of the lesson can be done individually or as a whole group, depending on students» ages, writing ability, and access to computers (lab vs. two in your room).

There are several versions of NAEP intended to sample different groups of students — the nation as a whole, individual states, or large cities — but its overall goal is to provide citizens a snapshot of how we're doing as a country.

That they measure how the group as a whole are going, how individual students are going, and they have very clear goals set in their mind about what their high performing students should be achieving in reading, writing, maths.

Achievement gaps between students of different genders and racial, economic, and linguistic groups are large and persistent for the nation's top - performing students, even as they seem to be narrowing for K - 12 students as a whole, according to a new report.

For instance, a teacher aware of a strong collectivist presence among his or her students might orchestrate classroom activities that revolve around group work and solving potential conflicts as a whole (e.g., taking a class vote).

As a part of a whole school approach to improving student outcomes and teacher skills, Peer Learning Groups (PLGs) have been established at Craigslea State High School.

For the most part, both the public as a whole and the various groups appear equally likely to support proposals that would use government funds to help pay the private school tuitions of either «low income students» or «all students.»

Students convert the Maori word to English on their playing board.This game is self running either individually, as a group, or as a whole class.

Try to find some FUN and ENGAGING learning experiences for students to complete in small groups, or even as a whole class activity, on your interactive whiteboard or projector.

Then direct students to complete the template individually, in small groups or as a whole class.

Under the law, signed by President Bush in 2002, schools must meet annual performance goals for their student populations as a whole and for specific groups of students.

The ANOVA on time spent in whole group, F (2, 60) = 8.66, p <.01, indicated that students with teachers rated as least accomplished spent more time in whole - group instruction (M = 47.94 minutes per day) than teachers rated as moderately accomplished (M = 28.98 mpd) or teachers rated as most accomplished (M = 24.69 mpd).

We used three levels of the teacher accomplishment rating (most, moderately, and least accomplished) as the independent variable and eight scores from the teacher factor set derived from our empirical data (time spent in small - group instruction, time spent in whole - group instruction, time spent in independent reading, student engagement rating, home communication rating, preferred style of telling, preferred style of recitation, and preferred style of coaching) as the set of dependent measures.

Our subgroups of exceptional learners — ESL students, distinct demographic groups, and high poverty students — in conjunction with our students as a whole, are performing at exemplary high levels.

As a pre-teaching activity prior to a whole group discussion about the British Stamp Act and a comparison of the loyalist and patriot perspective, the teacher provides students with potential sentence frames and models using them.

It happened in grade team meetings, subject groups, professional learning community groups, committees convened to assess and monitor needs for at - risk students, school leadership or improvement teams, or in whole - staff events, such as data retreats and faculty meetings.

However, if the struggling students are taught only in pull - out groups (and Second Step is not provided for the whole class at Tier 1), students often don't use the skills because neither the teacher nor the other students in the classroom will help reinforce the skills if they have not been exposed to them as well.

An Algebra I class at Kingsborough Early College Secondary School in Brooklyn sounds more like an English class at times as students engage in small - group and whole - class discussion.

«Among the many excellent schools in Rhode Island, these 17 schools have demonstrated high achievement for the school as a whole and for all student groups.

You will need the flexibility and experience to work with student of varying ages in both one - to - one and small group situations, as well as supporting the teacher in whole class lessons.

We discuss how we can use them as a resource for both whole group and individual student instruction.»

As an accommodation for students who may be new to this type of classroom discussion, you can pair groups for peer feedback prior to whole class presentations.

Students listen to this podcast as a whole group from either an iPod with speakers, or iTunes U on a computer with speakers.

The state analyzes not only whether students as a whole meet the 95 percent threshold but if groups of students meet the requirement, based on their race and other factors.

Easy - to - use lessons are provided in each content area and include step - by - step instructions, as well as suggestions for whole and small group instruction and modifications based on students» levels of language proficiency.

All of these whole school programs must accommodate depth, such as in research projects or within small student interest groups.

Students may read individually, as a whole group, or in small group settings.