Sentences with phrase «such as high school students»

Harrison said that future research will look at how other age groups — such as high school students — handle the temptation to text when it is inappropriate.

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Other professions have had great success with programs of «early identification,» such as summer and co-curricular programs for student in high school and early college years.

Hundreds of monuments to slavery still stand throughout the Southeast, such as Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery, Alabama, where a student population that's 94 percent black attends classes in a building that honors a man who claimed the horrors of slavery.

Grand Prize: Punchline by Scott Winn follows a high school student who lives in a world with many everyday items such as alarm clocks and pens made of Idaho Potatoes.

Proceeds from the night benefited NvRAEF's educational and scholarship programs, such as ProStart, a national high school culinary and restaurant management program that teaches students the skills and knowledge needed to enter the workforce or to continue to postsecondary after high school graduation.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, one of his high school teachers, remembers that he was an «excellent» student, and all through his life he loved such un-pigskin things as writing and anthropology.

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.

In particular, such stressors compromise the higher order thinking skills that allow students to sort out complex and seemingly contradictory information such as when the letter C is pronounced like K (what psychologists call «executive functioning»), and their ability to keep a lot of information in their heads at once, a skill known as «working memory» that's crucial to success in school, college, and work.

The term «Gifted» is defined by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.

She and friends Lizzy Hucker and Ivy Moore, all fifth - graders at Roslyn Road School, also pointed out the relatively high sugar content of beverages such as fruit juice and Gatorade, which students were bringing from home.

Through their participation in things such as transforming raw wool into yarn and then into fabric, high school students forge a direct connection to the resulting product.

The Northeastern Illinois University graduate wants to introduce classes and activities for junior high and high school students offered through the park district such as trips, special events, camps and a haunted house at Halloween.

She echoed the union's concerted push for more school aid and a moratorium on using students scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions, such as teacher evaluations.

The bill does not address a central demand of the Stoneman Douglas students to ban the sale of assault weapons, such as the semiautomatic rifle the alleged shooter Nikolas Cruz used at the high school.

While it doesn't lay out specific curricula, such as lists of books or lessons, the initiative seeks to enact broad concepts to help ensure that students are truly ready for college or work after high school.

Early college access: Spend $ 9 million to expand the state's Early College High School program, which gives high school students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and finaHigh School program, which gives high school students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and fiSchool program, which gives high school students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and finahigh school students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and fischool students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and finahigh - demand industries such as technology, sports management and finance.

One commonly used definition of a «good» school is one that has high academic outcomes in absolute terms - its students don't drop out, frequently go to college, frequently go to selective colleges if they do go to college, frequently find decent jobs if they don't go to college, perform well on standardized tests, take more advanced classes such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate, honors and college classes, etc..

There was tension in Baptist High school Adeeke, Iwo in Osun State, today, as the christian students of the school stormed the high school wearing religious garments, such as boys brigade uniforms, white garments, choir robes, girls» guide uniforms, among othHigh school Adeeke, Iwo in Osun State, today, as the christian students of the school stormed the high school wearing religious garments, such as boys brigade uniforms, white garments, choir robes, girls» guide uniforms, among othhigh school wearing religious garments, such as boys brigade uniforms, white garments, choir robes, girls» guide uniforms, among others.

Seven years later, Malkin launched Global Public Service Academies, which trains high school students to perform 117 simple tasks such as changing batteries, replacing blown fuses, and swapping out faulty plugs.

They used a nationally representative sample of 5,593 middle and high school students between the ages of 12 and 17 years old living in the United States to find out how many youth participated in digital self - harm, as well as their motivations for such behavior.

But test scores and other evidence show that many U.S. middle and high school students struggle to understand even basic chemical reactions such as oxidation or photosynthesis.

Previous work in this realm typically asked black - and - white questions with just two answer options or tested a non-representative sample such as a group of recruited high - school students.

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.

An increasing percentage of GM's new hires are selected from its Student Programs, such as the College Co-Op, High School Intern, and College Intern Programs.

Each map, such as those for Natural Selection and Statistical Reasoning, shows how students» understanding of a particular topic might progress from the simplest ideas in kindergarten to more sophisticated ideas in high school.

As such, one of engineering professor Abts» main initiatives over the past eight years has been to develop an engineering Advanced Placement test for high school students.

Even high school students, he says, could grasp — and be excited by — the fundamentals of simple quantum mechanical systems such as qubits, the two - state units of quantum information that scientists hope will someday be manipulated by quantum computers.

Poteat and Olivier Vecho of the University of Paris, Nanterre, surveyed 722 students at a New England high school, assessing factors such as leadership, courage, altruism, and justice sensitivity, as well as observing and intervening against homophobic behavior among their peers.

In the paper, the authors — including the two high - school students — conclude: «This study unambiguously provides evidence that a cheap and earth - abundant transition metal such as molybdenum can be turned into an active catalyst by the controlled solid - state reaction with soybeans... The preparation of the MoSoy catalyst is simple and can be easily scaled up.

His father was a musician and so, as a high school student, Kurzweil came up with the idea of programming a computer to recognize patterns in music written by composers such as Mozart and Chopin.

Jacobitz also endorsed «bridge programs» that bring college - level science to high school students, such as the UCLA HHMI Pre-College Science Education Program that is designed to help minority students gain a necessary education to enter STEM fields.

These retreats cater to the overworked and overhauled members of Korean society (professionals, stay - at - home mothers, and even high school students) and encourage guests to detach themselves from worldly affairs by focusing inward on their spiritual healing, without the crutch of everyday distractions such as their phones, technology, and work.

I was a graduate student living in France, and I had just got my first laptop - really I hadn't been into gaming since I was in early high school with arcade games.Anyway, I was as such a only PC gam...

There are also tenants such as photographer Abbie (Greta Gerwig, «Mistress America»), a recovering cancer patient, 17 - year - old high - school student Julie (Elle Fanning, «Live by Night»), and William (Billy Crudup, «Spotlight») who is doing renovations but would rather pursue Abbie than fix the house.

During the festival, professional workshops and lectures for the community and area high school and college students address topics such as acting, directing, producing, animation and filmmaking, among others.

Consider another example: the Progressive Education Association officially expired in 1955, yet 20 years later many schools were still providing the curriculum recommended by its Life Adjustment subsidiary - that 20 percent of high - school students should receive vocational training, 60 percent a «general» curriculum, including such courses as «marriage and the family,» and the remaining 20 percent academic instruction.

«Studies found that elementary schools were pretty well taken care of with after - school child care, and high schools had such high - caliber programs as youth - leadership development and arts and theater,» says Salmons, who points out that middle school students, meanwhile, were vastly underserved.

«Imagine,» she said, «schools that are open all day and offer after - school and evening recreational activities and homework assistance; high schools that allow students to sign up for morning, afternoon, or evening classes; that include child care and dental, medical, and counseling clinics or other services such as English language instruction, GED programs, or legal assistance.

Despite attracting high - powered backers such as Bill Gates, the much - touted school improvement program known as First Things First has yet to muster conclusive scientific evidence to show that it prevents students from dropping out of school, a federal research review concludes.

I will admit to a sympathy for giving high school students who just barely miss standards legitimate opportunities to graduate, such as taking appropriately demanding makeup courses.

Scientists in the Making: High school students, such as intern Phillip Li (left), work as museum interpreters in the Academy's tidepool exhibit.

As such it is an excellent tool for introducing 3D image creation and animation to junior high school art and technology students and HSC Multimedia students.

As I visit schools throughout Finland this week, I'm wondering if this notion of student voice transcends cultural boundaries and exists in high - performing countries such as FinlanAs I visit schools throughout Finland this week, I'm wondering if this notion of student voice transcends cultural boundaries and exists in high - performing countries such as Finlanas Finland.

Survey results indicate that inclusive schools have several strengths in promoting STEM education in students who are underrepresented in STEM fields, such as recognizing that some students need extended instructional time, keeping students with teachers for multiple years, providing students with higher levels of contact with mentors in STEM fields who mirror the students» backgrounds, and emphasizing career and technical preparation.

So far, it is difficult to know exactly how effectively a program such as the one in Sacramento high schools can be in helping students take advantage of employment opportunities.

Students randomly assigned to receive a school tour of an art museum experience improvements in their knowledge of and ability to think critically about art, display stronger historical empathy, develop higher tolerance, and are more likely to visit such cultural institutions as art museums in the future.

Instead, they ask partners to add school information (such as notifications about parent - teacher conferences and report cards) to newsletters and bulletins, allow flexible work schedules for students, provide study areas in the workplace, and use their voice and influence to encourage high school graduation.

While experts such as Santos recommend that ELLs be integrated with native English speakers in regular classrooms, San Francisco International High School teachers say that for many older newcomers, a school devoted solely to ELLs provides students the support they need to build confidence as they continue to learn both English and academic coSchool teachers say that for many older newcomers, a school devoted solely to ELLs provides students the support they need to build confidence as they continue to learn both English and academic coschool devoted solely to ELLs provides students the support they need to build confidence as they continue to learn both English and academic content.

For instance, research by Columbia University scientist Margo Gardner examined the issue, using «propensity scoring,» and found that the odds of attending college were almost twice as high for students who participated in school - related activities for at least two years; such students were also dramatically more likely to complete college and significantly more likely to vote as adults.

Educators working with middle and high school students likely are aware of the explosive interest and involvement of youth in such online sites as MySpace, Xanga, Facebook, Live Journal, and the like.