Sentences with phrase «through more effective teaching»

To help early childhood leaders drive improvement through more effective teaching and learning in classrooms, the Ounce of Prevention Fund created Lead Learn Excel.

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A University of Texas at Dallas team is exploring whether teaching real - world science through a popular computer game may offer a more engaging and effective educational approach than traditional concepts of instruction.

The deleted stuff itself, which I wound up sifting through separately, is relatively innocuous; the quick montage of classroom hijinks in the final product is just as effective as, if not more than, a whole passage of Storm (Halle Berry) teaching Roman history.

Here are two strategies I discovered through The Learning Scientists and use in my classroom almost daily in an attempt to teach my students more efficient and effective study and practice habits and to maximize their retention of material.

A composite measure on teacher effectiveness drawing on all three of those measures, and tested through a random - assignment experiment, closely predicted how much a high - performing group of teachers would successfully boost their students» standardized - test scores, concludes the series of new papers, part of the massive Measures of Effective Teaching study launched more than three years ago.

Hence, through the CREATE model, those 15 «golden» minutes of teaching and 20 minutes of ensuring student mastery lead to a more efficient and ultimately more effective classroom experience.

Many professionals come to my seminars skeptical, but after seeing how these principles work through role - play after role - play — my seminars are six hours long — most are thoroughly convinced that teaching people how not to be victims is more effective than trying to rid society of bullies.

This will make it easier to prioritise and resource LOtC; ensuring that commitment to LOtC is underpinned in school policy and the learning development plan; mobilising support from governors, staff, parents and the wider community; supporting the CPD of the team to improve the quality of teaching through more effective use of LOtC; and utilising pupil premium funding to finance trips for disadvantaged pupils.

There is evidence that efforts to recruit and select more effective teachers, primarily through the Teaching Fellows program, have been effective.

Through its mission to make the methods, materials, and assessments of learning flexible and engaging, CAST Professional Learning provides practitioners with instructional design and teaching strategies to make curriculum more effective.

A small subset of those TFA teachers — ones in pre-K through second - grade classrooms — were found to be slightly more effective in teaching reading than the national average in those grades.

The U.S. Department of Education, in part through its Race to the Top competition, has pushed states to find ways to reward teachers for their performance in an effort to make teaching careers more attractive and retain those who are most effective.

Through its flexible guidelines, the department has put forward a more balanced approach that is the new norm for teacher evaluation: Student learning is a critical component of teachers» work, but their test scores should be one of many aspects when measuring effective teaching.

Through its Transition to Teaching programs, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, IDRA partnered with universities and more than 20 K - 12 public schools across Texas to prepare a new generation of skilled, effective teachers to lead and innovate in schools that need them most.

Through coursework and coaching we work to develop effective teaching practices and support novice teachers to become more successful in their classroom.

Even teachers who develop their social emotional skills reap rewards through increased mental health and more effective teaching.

Rockford's District 205 was looking for a more effective way to teach students with special needs and build their skills through familiar programs.

Dr. Gay describes culturally responsive teaching as using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them; it teaches to and through the strengths of these students.

Dr. Gay defined culturally responsive teaching as, «Using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them; it teaches to and through the strengths of these students» (2011).

But these new standards are also exciting; they will give educators an opportunity to look at what we're teaching through a different lens and to make our teaching that much more interesting and effective.