Sentences with phrase «students grasp the idea»

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The idea, Lovett says, is to get students thinking about what they did not know or did not understand, why they failed to grasp this information and how they could prepare more effectively in advance of the next test.

At the end of a class in a particular subject area, have students answer one multiple - choice, standardized - test type of question to see if they grasped an idea covered in class.

Great for checking students have grasped the key ideas.

Although complexity and difficulty are necessary components of an intended curriculum, the Depth of Knowledge or complexity of a curriculum standard or cognitive learning objective is dynamic and encompasses the multiple dimensions of an objective ranging from the «level of cognitive complexity of information students should be expected to know, how well they should be able to transfer this knowledge to different contexts, how well they should be able to form generalizations, and how much prerequisite knowledge they must have in order to grasp ideas» (Webb, 1997, p. 15).

Students learn techniques for evaluating authors» use of language, determining meanings, making inferences, grasping central ideas, and drawing conclusions.

Students are instructed in techniques for evaluating authors» use of language, determining meanings, making inferences, grasping central ideas, interpreting characters, and drawing conclusions to enable them to evaluate literary elements in these works.

It is an easy and fun assessment tool that can be used to evaluate which students have grasped the big idea from a lesson or unit of study, and which haven't.

One idea for this tool was a «swipe - y» app that teachers could use to figure out whether students grasped a standard or not — something that would function much like Tinder, the matchmaking site.

Sometimes this will be a «big idea» question, to check on the students» grasp of the content of the lesson.

They are, says Queensland, «specific activities that students undertake that have real - world value and use, and through which students are able to display their grasp and use of important ideas and skills.»

They could use the question about fractions at the end of a sequence of instruction on equivalent fractions to see whether students have grasped the main idea.

Some topics are places where students struggle to grasp important mathematical ideas and others are important mathematical connections that the Common Core emphasizes.

Reading comprehension should include more than proof of recall; students need to demonstrate their ability to grasp big ideas as well as the nuanced inferences embedded in the text.

• For each standard, the «big ideas» that students must understand in order to grasp the standard become learning goals • Each learning goal is broken into chunks, Design Question 2, Chunking Content into «Digestible Bites»; the size of which is dependent on what students know.

Students explore the rich multicultural history of ceramic objects and through interaction with professors, peers and visiting artists, are able to grasp the full range of contemporary practices and ideas.

Students can have a better grasp of the ideas taught to them when they are provided with a visual demonstration of drivers in vehicles that reinforce significant points in the curriculum of the driving school.