Sentences with phrase «students sitting at»

These results were compared to students sitting at conventional desks.

Along with dealing with a class of students sitting at different capability levels, often comes the issue of maths anxiety — a topic we've explored before at Teacher.

Mary takes on the role of the male student sitting at the feet of the male rabbi, she pointed out.

Or the student sits at the feet of the teacher, who speaks to him from his lofty height.

A group of students sit at one of the folding cafeteria tables in the background as the video begins.

«When we came into office we found that the thirty eight colleges of education were in fact operating at less than 40 % of their capacity while 1000s of eligible students sat at home.

Providing written instructions or notes, letting the student sit at the front of the class, improving lighting, and using hearing - aid systems, if required, can make the difference between success and failure.

Teachers sat in the back or in a corner of the classrooms, while students sat at computers, wearing headsets.

Students sit at assigned desks for attendance and direct instruction, but during long work periods they have some freedom to move around and get comfortable.

The bulk of the article was dedicated to integrated learning systems (ILS), in which the student sits at the computer and receives instruction through the technology rather than from a teacher and also may complete exercises and assessments.

Students sat at desks placed in straight rows directed toward the teacher and madly took notes.

Each student sits at the computer and adds to the story that was started by a classmate.

In traditional classrooms, students sit at desks or tables, often assigned to them.

The middle group of students sits at their desks working independently or with partners doing problems right at a fifth - grade level.

I could not imagine what it would feel like to be a student sitting at that table, to feel so devalued that nobody provided me with a clean, professional learning environment.

Not exact matches

Always an excellent student, Gates scored a 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT and enrolled at Harvard University, pleasing his parents who encouraged him to pursue a career as a lawyer.

Citing recent student movement protests, some of which involved 1960s style sit - ins at Harvard and the University of Massachusetts Amherst that motivated official review of the school's investment policies, she pointed to Yale.

Apstein's students — mostly hotel and restaurant employees and young professionals — sit at cafeteria tables that are draped in gracious white linens.

Researchers from Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research Recruitment sat in on tech company recruiting sessions at a top - tier West Coast university; their findings hint at what's keeping women out of tech jobs: «As students entered, women were often setting up refreshments or raffles and doling out the swag in the back; the presenters were often men, and they rarely introduced the recruiters.

Some student organizers predicted hundreds of students would join in the event at their schools but knew others would sit out because they disagreed with the political stance.

After all, the default rate sits at 11.5 percent which accounts for anywhere from 4 to 5 million student loan borrowers.

The irony continues with the feting of Okotoks as the greenest community in Canada by such pundits as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and CBC's Peter Mansbridge at the same time the «rurban» community sits in the chosen provincial riding of Wildrose leader Danielle Smith — a right wing student of the climate - change - denying Fraser Institute and cheerful avower that global warming science is «not settled.»

The ovation lasted for several minutes as the brothers returned to their places at the back of the gym, eyes down, faces flush, sitting while each student stood and turned to face them.

I have not forgotten the day when, as a graduate student at Princeton, I sat in Firestone Library talking with a fellow graduate student who happened to be a Benedictine monk.

In seminary, Howard Hendricks used to look at us students all sitting there in class and say, «When I look at most of you, it just makes me want to cry.»

I sat under Dr. Marvin Pate when I was a student at Moody Bible Institute, and I remember thinking then what this book confirms to me now: C. Marvin Pate is an academic who thinks outside the box.

For example, students for the priesthood who could be expected in due course to engage in a more profound analysis of many, if not all, of the «ages» would find Fr Vidmar to be a helpful guide at little more than a few sittings.

The Boy Next Door — a fifth - rate sleazefest in which an English teacher played by Jennifer Lopez gets «involved» with one of her students — was too dumb to generate much attention when it released last week (its Rotten Tomatoes rating sits at a dismal 14 percent) but it does feature one moment of such straight - faced outlandishness, such eye - popping ludicrousness, that it must be considered worthy of whatever the opposite of an Oscar is.

So when I would get to the unit on the prophets in this introductory biblical studies course, I would be up there ranting and raving about justice, and the passion for justice, and my students would be sitting there not looking excited at all, taking notes, wondering what was going to be on the exam.

We sat on the student interview committee that would help choose a new member of the philosophy faculty, and we were thrilled one day to find ourselves interviewing Professor Russell Hittinger, an eminent natural law theorist who had taught at Fordham, Princeton, and the Catholic University of America.

That comes as no huge surprise as far as student life goes, but new studies show that the benefits of being beautiful go further than just sitting at the cool kids» table.

Two surprised Swiss students asked the landlord who the knight was that sat reading Hebrew in the bar lounge, and were told it was Luther — at first they refused to believe it, and said it must surely be Ulrich von Hutten, the knight poet.

When we think of discipleship as only being a student or learner, we usually think of sitting in a classroom or auditorium and listening to someone lecture at us while we listen attentively and take notes.

When Pete Evans dons an apron at a school, eyes light up and students sit forward, showing more interest in chopping garlic and onions than they ever have.

The few games I've been able to get to this year, attendance in the student section is so bad that you'll see clusters of students sitting down, taking advantage of the leg room available while there is a group down at field level about 10 rows deep, standing and cheering as you'd hope.

Sit in the stands of Alfond Arena at Maine's Colby College long enough, and her presence simply reveals itself, as it did to the Colby student who walked in five minutes after the start of the White Mules» game against Northeastern on Feb. 18.

The kids seem to really enjoy us teaching every Thursday morning but, us student volunteers on the other hand, although having rewarding fun, overlooked the fact that teaching kids at 08.30 am on a Thursday morning may not sit too well after any Wednesday celebrations!

As I mentioned in the beginning of this newsletter, a recent heart to heart with a student really made me sit back and think about ensuring that my message of «doing more» wasn't at the expense of doing harm to a student.

In other words, a student with a 1300 SAT score at a public high school where the average SAT score is 1000 will have an admissions edge over an equal student at a private school where 1300 is the average SAT score.

I was one of those students who would sit at my desk in school and think about how I would do things differently if I were the teacher.

For her, at least for high school students, it's all about long - range planning and goal setting, such as joining a club by homecoming or completing SAT prep by winter break.

Moving the meal to the classroom constitutes what Susan called «a better way to do breakfast» because it allows students to get off the bus, pick up their breakfast, put away their belongings, and then sit down quietly to eat at their homeroom desk.

I look back at how I snarled and screamed through my contractions, how I sat there naked and sweating in front of my husband, his mother, two midwives and their student, and I am proud.

«That would be so not cool» At Naches Valley Primary School, which sits in the agricultural hub of central Washington, some 7 - year - old students weren't so sure.

I know many of us parents say, «If I could be a fly on the wall of their classroom...» While it would be kind of silly to see one of us sitting in an elementary school desk or hiding under our college student's dorm room bed, there are plenty of ways that our kids can «take us with them» to school, or at least the most important advice we can give them.

Gone are the days where students can only get their school breakfast sitting down at a table in the cafeteria.

A student - athlete in any sport who is suspected of having a concussion must sit out until he or she is symptom - free for at least 24 hours, under the law.

Students at Lowell High School in Michigan sit down for lunch.

Some of the most popular «prizes» in my class are 1 night of no homework, lunch and board games with the teacher (the students eat their cafeteria lunches in my classroom), and sitting at the teacher's desk for a day.

Ms. Berssenbrugge previously worked at The College Board where she reviewed requests for accommodations from students with disabilities for the SAT, PSAT and AP tests.