Sentences with phrase «students learn knowledge»

«I would love to see all teachers routinely assess student learning, help children and youth learn to self - assess, and then use that information to create learning opportunities that help all students learn knowledge and skills that will support them in their lives,» she said.

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Students in Duncan's class had to learn that on their own time, however, and classes were used to practise their knowledge.

Students will also get to showcase what they've learned with a so - called «capstone» project, another attempt by Coursera to make the knowledge students have acquired appear more tangible to emStudents will also get to showcase what they've learned with a so - called «capstone» project, another attempt by Coursera to make the knowledge students have acquired appear more tangible to emstudents have acquired appear more tangible to employers.

The Hunter Hub is the University of Calgary's new initiative to engage and immerse students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community in a culture of entrepreneurial thinking, challenging them with a new and bold approach to teaching, learning, discovery and knowledge - sharing.

Students will build a broad knowledge base and learn the skills required for roles in senior management.

With specialized streams of study in Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship, as well as Innovative Management, the EMBA program at the Faculty of Business provides students with the theory, skills, experiential learning and research opportunities to advance their knowledge and enhance their employability in these flourishing fields.

Learning technology coaches are graduate students with an interest in and an aptitude for learning technologies, and are enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn and share knowledge about technology integration possibilities with instructors anLearning technology coaches are graduate students with an interest in and an aptitude for learning technologies, and are enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn and share knowledge about technology integration possibilities with instructors anlearning technologies, and are enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn and share knowledge about technology integration possibilities with instructors and staff.

When members of the University of Texas at San Antonio student chapter of NAHB learned about a local family in need of a new roof after it was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, they decide to put their construction knowledge and labor to work.

Not surprisingly, studies show that when teachers do integrate science knowledge into students» lives, the students learn the science better.

What I have learned, is that even though it is difficult for the laymen / students to get ahold of enough knowledge to have a fair perspective, that there is wide and serious divide between the Bible and other scriptures.

The Sutton Trust has found excessive praise or grouping students by their ability doesn't aid learning, and that a teacher's knowledge of a subject is more likely to make a difference.

The detailed knowledge of the Precision stage is kept from being «inert» because the student tests it against the knowledge learned in the Romance stage and against the background knowledge he or she brought to the subject originally.

E. D. Hirsch argues in Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Houghton Muffin, 251 pp., $ 16.95) that schools are obliged to help students accumulate shared symbols and the knowledge they represent — that is to say, to teach students cultural literacy, so that they can learn to communicate in our national community.

This concern with the students» personal lives do» not mean that the students do not learn the classics, Jewish and otherwise, but they do so in order that they may become whole persons able to influence others and not for the knowledge itself.

In my own experience, I have found that a healthy mix of vocabulary and knowledge from the student world (slang, music, sports, etc), along with that of my more specialized disciplinary concerns, builds helpful bridges for learning.

I have also learned not to take for granted students» knowledge in some general academic areas that may have been expectations at the high school, or dare I say, even junior high level, in my generation.

He is critical of the way they defeat self - learning (the only real learning) and stifle creativity by their built - in coercion and by seeing the student as the passive, dependent recipient of the «knowledge» transmitted by the teacher.

With many years» experience communicating effectively with teachers and students, Kids Media has a comprehensive knowledge of educational technology (computers and interactive whiteboards in classrooms), teacher culture, classroom dynamics and the various learning levels and abilities of students.

When that doesn't happen, project - based learning can become the empty calories of education: a collection of engaging distractions that are unrelated to the larger goal of increasing students» knowledge.

Since the admissions process has become lottery - like in its outcomes, we hope people will use this knowledge and embrace a new mindset: Students should feel free to pursue authentic learning experiences in high school.

One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would call academic perseverance and what others might call grit or resilience.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

Both programs are based on scientific research into how students of various ages learn best and have allowed students to not only grow in their educational knowledge, but strengthen their problem - solving and critical thinking skills.

Each Main Lesson relates to the students» stage of development for that year and is linked to other subjects, building upon prior knowledge, experience, and skills in creative ways that engage students in their learning.

For example, online schools, such as Minnesota Connections Academy, allow students to learn on their own time while receiving the knowledge of state - certified teachers and challenging curricula.

Recipient of: Superintendent's Key Scholar Award, Honor Roll, Georgia Scholar, Optimist Club Essay Contest — First Place, National Latin Exam — Gold (Latin I, II, and III), Spirit of Learning Award, Academic Excellence Certificate, Academic Letter, Lamp of Knowledge, Georgia Certificate of Merit, Governor's Honors Program Nominee, Student of the Month, National AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, GHSA State Literary Competition Essay Writing — First Place Divisional, Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference and Leadership 56, Mock Trial Lawyer Award, Daughters of the American Revolution Youth Citizenship Award

, such as Minnesota Connections Academy, allow students to learn on their own time while receiving the knowledge of state - certified teachers and challenging curricula.

Teaching is communicating knowledge and / or skills to someone (the student) who knows less than the person doing the teaching, and doing it faster than if the student were learning it on their own.

While reiterating the commitment of the State Government under Governor Ambode to ensure that every child is given opportunity to succeed, Bank - Olemoh said the launch of the Digital Library, dubbed EducateLagos.com, was intended to further expand access to knowledge for Lagosians, make learning fun and contribute to improving exam outcomes for students.

Districts are making major investments in school connectivity, school security, and in individual devices that will allow students access to the internet to expand their knowledge, to practice skills where they need additional help, and to learn how to communicate and share their knowledge with others.»

«We request our students to make good and judicious use of it because is a great opportunity for them to have a computer based tablets of knowledge to assist their learning technique.

In an interview, one of the two Principals of the Adventist High School, Ede, Mr. Anthony Ojo said the introduction of tablets of knowledge «Opon Imo» has tremendously eased the teaching and learning process and as well boosted the performances of students academically and morally.

After traveling to learn techniques at leading labs in the United Kingdom and France in the 1990s, Jedryczka and her students have been asked to pass their knowledge on to colleagues in Russia, Sweden, Portugal — and China, where Jedryczka has been awarded a «Friendship Award» for her work with rapeseed farmers in the rural Anhui region.

AAAS's Project 2061 has been awarded a $ 1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop new tools for finding out how students build their knowledge of energy concepts over time and for helping teachers diagnose their students» learning difficulties.

Today, she heads the accelerator division for TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, but she learned much of her determination and perseverance — not to mention her technical knowledge and teamwork skills — at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's (Fermilab's) Tevatron accelerator when she was a grad student.

KTH is Sweden's largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world dedicated to advancing knowledge.

As he saw it, biology classes in the French Classes Préparatoires were mostly about outdated knowledge that students were expected to learn and repeat back «like a parrot,» Voinnet says.

These schools included «early college» high schools with a STEM focus (that offered both college and high school credits to students); tech - savvy schools that relied entirely on project - based learning (an instructional practice emphasizing student production of knowledge via projects and research); and career / technical education high schools that prepared students for careers such as agriculture or medicine through early experiences in those fields.

Our approach is that knowledge is there to be found by students, not to be learned.»

The findings are described in a paper published last month in the American Educational Research Journal titled «The Influence of Teachers» Knowledge on Student Learning in Middle - School Physical Science Classrooms.»

A week later the students were asked to transfer what they had learned about bats to a second knowledge domain: the navigational use of sound waves by submarines.

Students who learned using symbols scored 80 percent on a test requiring them to apply their knowledge in a novel situation; the others scored between 40 and 50 percent.

The students learn well here, because the U.S. provides them with the freedom to research in their own way, and some of them will bring their knowledge back to China.

The instructor - centric approach, in which the teacher conveys knowledge to students, is beginning to shift toward a pupil - centric approach, in which the teacher mediates the learning experience of students through a wealth of self - directed endeavors.

In addition, work that requires «advanced knowledge in a field of science or learning,» entails «the consistent exercise of discretion or judgment,» or is «predominantly intellectual or varied in character» does not count for the student exemption.

At the college level, teacher subject knowledge is not a problem, the student population is far more homogeneous, and there are far fewer issues that may affect learning.

Students with learning disabilities improved 18 percentage points on assessments of science knowledge from pre-test to post-test, and English language learners increased 15 percentage points.

Web - based learning tools can help deepen science knowledge among all middle school students, and ease the science literacy gap for underachieving students, according to a three - year study published today in the International Journal of Science Education.

My colleagues and I have now shown repeatedly that students who believe their intelligence can grow learn more, acquire deeper knowledge and do better — especially in hard subjects and in negotiating difficult school transitions — compared with equally able students who believe their intelligence is a fixed trait.

Our graduate programs provide an individualized, diverse, and multidisciplinary learning environment for students to develop the knowledge, skills, and creativity necessary to succeed in evolving biomedical disciplines.