Sentences with phrase «teach an interesting lesson»

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This was the lesson taught by William Petty in the 17th century and used by economists ever since: The market price of land, a government bond or other security is calculated by dividing its expected income stream by the going rate of interest — that is, «capitalizing» its rent (or any other flow of income) into what a bank would lend.

Teachers should enter the class only with updated knowledge of the topic or lesson to be taught for the day with the help of various reference books or resources available to make the class enjoyable and interesting for the students.

«The whole idea behind a punishment is to teach the child a lesson that you feel will ultimately be in their best interest,» says Robi Ludwig, Psy.D, parenting expert at Care.com.

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Our interest is not in teaching him a lesson, or denying him the endorsement — this is what we believe in.»

But God always seems to be teaching me lessons at the most interesting times.

Collaboroo, a teaching community has an interesting lesson idea for debating around fast fashion and its impact including the environment and rights of workers.

Hollywood flicks that have an onus on black people certainly teach a lot of interesting lessons to those looking to explore the interracial dating segment.

Troy started a blog called XKLUSIVE THOUGHTS as a way to invite the world to share in the many interesting thoughts and conversations he had about life, love and the lessons they've taught him.

This used to be the hard first lesson taught to would - be reporters: Your job is writing about people who are more interesting than you are.

An interesting lesson taught about genocide and cannibalism: it's not the commission of atrocity to be mourned, it's the loss for a taste for French fries that's really the tragedy.

Lesson study in elementary social studies teacher education helps prepare our interns for the classroom, giving them the opportunity to learn about collaboratively planning, teaching and revising a social studies lesson so that it interests and challenges their stuLesson study in elementary social studies teacher education helps prepare our interns for the classroom, giving them the opportunity to learn about collaboratively planning, teaching and revising a social studies lesson so that it interests and challenges their stulesson so that it interests and challenges their students.

Aligning these lessons to the CCSS was purposeful in that it freed teachers interested in using the LVI Kindness Curriculum from adopting a «push - in» model that led to them trying to create more time in the school day to teach about lifeskills.

Infact, sports can be and should be creatively used for interdisciplinary teaching making lesson transaction in classes very interesting and absorbing.

Guest bloggers Kelly Teng and Cameron Baker, game developers with an interest in education, suggest that the gaming world can teach educators lessons about abstract thinking, enthusiastic engagement, and creative play in pursuit of knowledge.

The lesson teaches the basics of bank accounts, interest rates, and budgets.

Specifically, this lesson is for teaching social costs and benefits, with a specific look at bottled water consumption with video to get pupils engaged and interested.

Not only does this new approach to substitute teaching make it easier on the regular teacher who doesn't have to prep a lesson, but also — and more importantly — it gets kids interested so they're not throwing paper airplanes or falling asleep in the back of the room.

11 Lessons of Level 2 Tech Award in Enterprise / BTEC Unit 1 Exploring Business / GSCE Unit 2 - Growing Businesses including detailed scheme of work, and plus all resources in each zipped lesson folder to teach pupils in a fun and interesting way from theory to application in exam of Business Studies and Enterprise.

This makes for some really interesting discussion and this lesson has been used for teaching training purposes as it really highlights pupils thinking on the topic and the common misconceptions.

Each lesson employs a wide range of teaching and learning strategies, with a large variety of interesting tasks and ideas.

The activities capitalize on students» interest in current films, as well as the excitement generated by the Academy Awards, to teach valuable lessons in critical thinking, creative writing and visual literacy.

Lesson 1 - by elimination / subtraction method Lesson 2 - by substitution Lesson 3 - by drawing graphs (graphical method) All lessons are very extensive, come with questions and answers, terrific teaching slides, very clear pedagogy, keywords, learning objectives and interesting starters.

And some teachers are quick to remind us that when food is included in teaching materials (even if it's just pictures of food), kids are more likely to be interested in and remember lessons.

Teng and Cameron Baker, game developers with an interest in education, suggest that the gaming world can teach educators lessons about abstract thinking, enthusiastic engagement, and creative play in pursuit of knowledge.

8 Lessons of CIDA Unit 1 - Developing Web Products Unit including detailed scheme of work, and mock exam plus all resources in each zipped lesson folder to teach pupils in a fun and interesting way from exam paper to full working website.

The Cowboy Life VaReane Heese, who teaches at Springfield (Nebraska) Elementary School, submitted this week's lesson in which students choose from a wide variety of activities aimed at «spurring» interest in cowboy life and the Old West.

Educators in Fowler find that not only do these projects get kids interested in learning but they're also, says Hodges, «a great way to teach the standards without having to rely exclusively on book, pencil, and paper lessons.»

Income levels, ethnicities, family structures, first languages, interests, and abilities now vary so much, that a traditional teaching approach, with a uniform lesson targeted to the average - level student, just doesn't cut it.

Just in time for Earth Day, Ritz offers five key lessons for teachers, administrators, parents, and community partners interested in greening their schools» approach to teaching and learning.

They volunteered to participate in the project for the following reasons: to motivate students through their interest in and enjoyment of technology, a desire for professional growth through learning to integrate the iPad into lessons, and an interest in determining whether iPad integration would improve teaching and learning during tutoring sessions.

Rather than assuming students need some sort of teaching in order to move toward practice and mastery, lesson plans of this type assume that well - crafted lessons engage student interest and activate prior knowledge right away, allowing for immediate exploration.

This site provides free and engaging lessons, along with teaching strategies and resources, which are designed to spark students» interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

As teachers submitted written lessons to the university, the third author looked for matches between the content of the lesson and the teaching and research interests of university faculty members.

University faculty members are chosen to review the lesson based upon their teaching and research interests.

The print audience and online subscribers to SEEN include readers interested in educator - related professional development, curriculum, lesson planning, teaching technology, tips and school topics that touch on every type of school - independent, private, public, charter, magnet, home, faith - based schools and more!

What I found most interesting when reading through those important standards is that the lessons I traditionally taught in the library media center each week were not exemplary.

At Foothills High, for example, the teachers agreed to embrace just three initiatives that would provide consistency for students and a common set of schoolwide teaching experiences for themselves: (1) sustained silent reading to increase time spent with print and to develop the reading habit, (2) use of multiple books and sources to give students experiences with a variety of engaging print genres, and (3) use of lesson impressions (Brozo & Simpson, 2007) to generate interest in class topics and create regular opportunities for content - focused writing.

A survey of 2,700 year 11 students found that only 44 per cent of pupils enjoyed school and only 38 per cent said most of their lessons were interesting, while Ofsted has reported that much teaching in England is boring.

The CTE concepts taught in this lesson are compound interest, types of investments, opportunity cost, and diversification.

Educators who are interested in teaching about the trend of migrant workers could find use in this lesson plan.

Teachers will perform a full range of duties, including but not limited to: + Preparing / implementing lesson plans that lead to student mastery of curriculum content, including English Language Development + Developing / implementing integrated curriculum units, differentiating and scaffolding as needed + Regularly assessing student progress to refine instruction and meet student needs + Participating regularly in professional development opportunities and collaborative meetings + Communicating frequently with students, students» families, colleagues and other stakeholders + Working closely with children and their families to promote personal growth and success + Maintaining regular, punctual attendance Applicants who possess the following skills will make the strongest candidates: + California Teaching Credential or equivalent, meeting all NCLB «highly qualified» standards + Social Science credential + CLAD / BCLAD certification (Spanish) + Demonstrated ability to implement varied classroom instructional strategies + Educational vision for and experience with low - income and / or minority students + Demonstrated track record with English language learners + Commitment to preserving the cultural heritage of students + Passion for working with children and their families + Bilingual (Spanish / English) To apply please send resume and letter of interest to: https://careers-caminonuevo.icims.com For more information www.caminonuevo.org and www.pueblonuevo.org * Camino Nuevo Charter Academy intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion.

Leveraging Metiri Group's background in 21st Century learning and the learning sciences, our team is developing a collaborative, personalized professional learning environment that will lead individual teachers or teams through an initial needs assessment to formulate a personalized growth plan, guide them to research - based resources and strategies they can use tomorrow, match them with collaborative partners who share their interests and professional goals, guide them in redesigning units or lesson plans that support students» development of the cognitive skills that underlie entrepreneurship, and ultimately help them implement teaching practices that support personalized instruction that develops students» 21st Century skills.

One interesting moral lesson explicitly taught in the McGuffey Readers of 1843 is the spirit of charity.

More than a dozen national or regional organizations exist to provide guidance and lesson plans to high - school and middle - school teachers interested in teaching students about social justice......

Give your students a good basis in interpreting data with this lesson that teaches them about mean, median, and mode with plenty of practice and cute videos to keep them interested.

They note, «In our 25 + combined years of teaching experience as well as our work as educational consultants who support middle and secondary teachers around the country, we've witnessed up close the ways in which these Activator formats ignite students» attention and interest, maximize participation and drive well - paced lessons that deepen learning in meaningful ways.»

There's been a really interesting debate on twitter & in the blogosphere this week about graded lesson observations and how Ofsted determine the quality of teaching during an inspection.

On this educational website, you will find creative teaching ideas and fun lesson plan activities that will create a spark of interest, creativity, and enthusiasm in your students.

«I think our key strategy to engage students in learning is to have good teachers, those who understand their students, tailor teaching strategies according to their students» profile, and make lessons interesting.»