Sentences with phrase «use of academic skills»

Most surprising for Greaves has been the depth and richness of the conversation among peers and the students» use of academic skills.

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Eligible activities will include an activity that: contributes to the development of creative skills or expertise in artistic or cultural activities; provides a substantial focus on wilderness and the natural environment; helps children develop and use particular intellectual skills; includes structured interaction among children where supervisors teach or help children develop interpersonal skills; or provides enrichment or tutoring in academic subjects.

The final activity was a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)(based on the work of Johnson and Johnson) where students assumed roles as different interest groups and then debated the merits of this issue, using the skills and rhetorical strategies we had learned about along the way.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

When used with self - assessment and peer - assessment strategies, rubrics can improve writing and critical - thinking skills and support engagement and academic performance in a range of subjects (Andrade, 2007; Andrade, Du, & Mycek, 2010; Andrade, Du, & Wang, 2008; Andrade & Valtcheva, 2009).

Academic hierarchies were not only problematic, she says, but also ineffectual: «In order to motivate and teach a child, you have to find out where their strengths are and what they're passionate about, and use that to move them in the direction of learning new skills.»

Dole and other teachers who use lessons on marine science hope to inspire students to take care of the oceans while simultaneously helping them improve their academic skills.

Meanwhile, it provides $ 2.5 billion to support professional development that can be used to «improve the knowledge of teachers and principals and, in appropriate cases, paraprofessionals, concerning effective instructional strategies, methods, and skills, and use of challenging State academic content standards and student academic achievement standards, and State assessments, to improve teaching practices and student academic achievement.»

More than two decades of research document that well - designed, effectively implemented SEL programs enhance students» social and emotional skills, self - esteem, bonding to school, classroom behavior, and academic achievement; and reduce disruptive classroom behavior, aggression, bullying, and substance use (Durlak et al., 2011; Greenberg et al., 2003; Sklad, Dieskstra, De Ritter, Ben, & Gravesteijn, 2012; Zins et al., 2004).

Important places for me to stop along my path include: undergraduate professor in a college - based teacher education program, professional development specialist for teacher collaborations, and director of community - based learning center that uses culturally responsive arts for academic support and life skills.

The goals were to increase teachers» knowledge of the skills covered by the state's academic standards and tested on the algebra end - of - course exam and to provide support for teachers in the use of new teaching methods.

A growing body of academic research supports the use of project - based learning in schools as a way to engage students, cut absenteeism, boost cooperative learning skills, and improve test scores.

Seeking to overcome «senioritis,» the board that oversees the nation's benchmark of academic skills is studying ways to encourage 12th graders to take the tests more seriously, from forming partnerships with corporations to using celebrities in promotional pitches.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Follow - up outcomes (6 months to 18 years after students participated in SEL programs) demonstrate SEL's enhancement of positive youth development, including positive increases in SEL skills, attitudes, positive social behavior, and academic performance while finding decreases in conduct problems, emotional distress, and drug use.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

Informal games, which can be used to support the learning of formal academic skills, enable children and young people to learn through their developing bodies.

Using a three - arm cluster randomized control trial, we assess the impact of PC on children's social - emotional skills (e.g., executive function, emotion regulation, social competence) and academic outcomes (e.g., literacy, math scores).

When using classroom data to separate students into quarters based on academic performance, the lower quarter of students had the lowest mean use of self - regulated learning skills followed by the middle quarters.

Many achievement tests created and administered at the state level — such as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), or the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Assessments — use criterion - referenced scoring.

The research team launched their study into four different stages to assess student coping skills, academic engagement, family engagement, expectations, mental health symptoms, and alcohol and drug use while discovering what the main cause of chronic stress was for today's youth.

Some tests, such as the Stanford Achievement Test, are developed for general use by any school district in the country, while other tests are developed for a specific state, such as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), and the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS).

Webs, concept maps, mind maps and plots such as stack plots and Venn diagrams are some of the types of graphic organizers used in visual learning to enhance thinking skills and improve academic performance on written papers, tests and homework assignments.

Created by and for teachers using the highest - quality research, these courses offer in - class demonstrations for developing oral language, academic vocabulary, knowledge of the world, and pre-literacy skills.

Individual scores on the annual Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) in mathematics and reading and English language arts were used as the measure of student performance.

I use this example as a rapid way of indicating why an academic skill like reading depends on learning much more than the foundational ability to form sounds from symbols, turn the sounds into words, and put the words together in sentences.

By the early 20th century the United States began to endow a large fraction of its youth with skills in formal, school - based, academic settings, using a system termed here the U.S. template.

These academic programs, some for use in - school, some after - school, and some in place of school subjects, are often life - savers for our gifted children - something they can really dig into, and learn the thinking and reasoning skills so valuable later in their school careers and lives...

If educators are empowered to incorporate lessons about the positive impact of reflecting on their learning and using specific strategies to improve academic performance from the early grades on, students will be better equipped with the skills they will need to thrive in school, in their personal lives and in the working world.

Since the goal of LSW isn't creating grammatically correct content, the strategy can be used to improve a variety of academic skills.

The new system would enable the state to measure a full range of college - and career - ready knowledge and skills, shift toward personalized learning, and use meaningful student assessments to ensure effective academic support for students who need it.

The debate is not MI vs. IQ but rather how can we use a multiple intelligences understanding of each student to build the academic skills associated with IQ?

Expressive Sensitivity: skill in the use of words for expressive and practical purposes Rhetorical Skill: to use language effectively for interpersonal negotiation and persuasion Written - academic: to use words well in writing reports, letters, stories, verbal memory, reading / wriskill in the use of words for expressive and practical purposes Rhetorical Skill: to use language effectively for interpersonal negotiation and persuasion Written - academic: to use words well in writing reports, letters, stories, verbal memory, reading / wriSkill: to use language effectively for interpersonal negotiation and persuasion Written - academic: to use words well in writing reports, letters, stories, verbal memory, reading / writing.

Such tests are used to evaluate student learning, skill level growth, and academic achievements at the end of an instructional period — such as the end of a project, unit, course, semester, program, or school year.

These presentations highlight the research that supports the importance of building resiliency skills and provide tips and strategies for improving academic achievement using Success Highways.

We encourage academic acceleration using 21st century skills of collaboration and teamwork.

Students will have an opportunity to display academic ability across a variety of contexts, and assessments can use material from science, art, and history courses to judge the development of broader analytical skills.

Grounded in resilience theory and aligned with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework, the DESSA measures can be used by teachers, parents, and out - of - school time staff to assess K - 8th grade students» social and emotional skills.

This collection of 12 discipline - specific formative assessments can be used to easily identify secondary students who would benefit from instruction in multisyllabic word identification — a skill that's critical for reading and understanding complex, academic texts.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: A bachelor's degree or higher with at least 24 credit hours in content area Valid IndianaTeaching License for Grades K - 5 or 6 Demonstrates strong writing skills as evidenced by a written response included with Application, answering the following questions: o Describe one experience where you made a significant difference in a student's academic achievement.o Describe a time in which you have used student data to drive greater levels of student achievement.o Describe one way you have successfully integrated technology into your classroom.

Cooperative learning is a teaching method used to teach a variety of academic skills.

In addition, in October 2016, the Department of Education issued new guidance on the Every Student Succeeds Act describing how funds from Title IV, Part A's Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants can help state and local educational agencies provide all students with access to a well - rounded education.42 According to this guidance, local educational agencies «may use funds for activities in social emotional learning, including interventions that build resilience, self - control, empathy, persistence, and other social and behavioral skills.»

Collectively, they use more than 30 different assessments to measure reading and math skills and evaluate their programs» academic performance... and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Classroom teachers: Attend training, teach lessons with fidelity to program design or in the case of a program like Ripple Effects, be the wise guide on the side J; model SECD competencies in teaching practice (this will require some training too); integrate SECD into academic areas, PBIS, Restorative Practices, etc.; cue, coach & reinforce students» use of skills in real life; communicate with parents.

Students who completed social - emotional learning interventions fared better than their peers who didn't participate on a variety of indicators — including academic performance, social skills, and avoiding negative behaviors like drug use, finds the analysis, which examined follow - up data from dozens of published studies on specific interventions.

Other outcome areas include basic academic skills, use of hearing, primary communication mode, specialized alternative communication strategies and devices, productivity, and personal / interpersonal skills.

(4) Early and measured use of high level thinking skills, academic creativity, leadership skills, intense academic interest areas, communications skills, foreign language aptitude or technology expertise.

The widespread use of formative assessments at the classroom level can undermine teaching of the 21st - century skills called for by the next generation academic standards.

Agora Cyber Charter School's mission and commitment are to provide an «innovative, intense academic program that inspires and educates students to achieve the highest levels of academic knowledge and skills and develop proficiency in the design and use of new computer technologies and scientific research.»

While federal legislation calls for «multiple up - to - date measures of student academic achievement, including measures that assess higher - order thinking skills and understanding» (NCLB, Sec. 1111, b, I, vi), most assessment tools used for federal reporting focus on lower - level skill that can be measured on standardized mostly multiple - choice tests.