Sentences with phrase «use of student learning»

Thus, the development and use of student learning evidence, in combination with examination of teaching performance, can stimulate improvements in practice.

All elements of a school's culture, including student aspirations and a code of conduct that promotes positive learning behaviors, benefit from the use of student learning data.

This report examines the perceptions of frontline educators regarding the support they receive in understanding and implementing the Teacher and Principal Evaluation (TPE) system, and the use of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) to measure student growth and improve instruction.

«While we acknowledge that some studies of teacher preparation programs find very small differences at the program level... we believe that the examples we have cited above provide a reasonable basis for States» use of student learning outcomes» to evaluate teacher - preparation programs.

No, the use of student learning measures will continue to be part of teacher evaluation as required by state law.

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Technologies like DreamBox, a math education software that's used in a number of classrooms across the US, adapts to each student's skill level and lets students learn at a pace best suited to their needs.

Students «learn about the how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates («chunks») information,» as well as «illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects.»

(1) To address the coding skills gap and help prepare more people for jobs in software development, Apple created a powerful yet easy - to - learn coding language called Swift (TM), the free Swift Playgrounds (TM) app and a free curriculum, App Development with Swift, which are available to anyone and are already being used by millions of students at K - 12 schools, summer camps and leading community colleges across the country.

The Rotman EMBA program is predominately delivered in a face - to - face format, although some blended learning approaches are used through the integration of pre-course or supplemental videos by faculty to help support student learning.

On a separate note, I'm sure Steve would agree that business schools would do well to help students learn how to promote a culture of innovation using lean startup methods even if they never have any desire to be entrepreneurs.

Maybe this will be the catalyst for them to get on board with the idea of teaching for the sake of learning instead of teaching to get students to use their # 2 pencils to complete the answer pattern which will render the best financial results for the school district.

(1) The student's discovering for himself in the process of learning what he really wants out of that course and (2) the skill with which the instructor utilizes and meets the real needs of the student... What takes place between instructor and student provides the dynamic conditions which will be used by the student in his own way.

To exalt him as a great thinker, as though he could take delight in being praised for having honed his mental tools very sharp, no matter what they cut; to speak admiringly of him as an excellent orator, as though adeptness in the use of images were an enviable thing, no matter what they imaged; to do him reverence as a great student who learned from Newton and Locke and the Platonists, from nature itself, no matter what he learned — to honor him thus is to do him no honor that he could accept — or which, accepting, he would not thereafter bitterly rue.

Fatih was a generous patron of learning who endowed many educational foundations, and was himself a serious student who used eight languages and showed his keen interest in the Renaissance by inviting many famous scholars and artists to come and work in Istanbul.

Nevertheless, the student of theology learns to know that these words occur in the New Testament, and in one or another exegetical aide he finds the explanation that in this passage and a few others is used in the sense of signifying minus diligo, posthabeo, non cob, nihili facio.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

In the last ten years I have moved increasingly toward experiential teaching (using self - awareness exercises, role playing of counseling methods, live demonstrations of growth groups, and so forth), which involves the students» own feelings, responses, and needs; asking the students to draw up their own «learning contract» based on what they want to get from a given course or workshop; expecting students to participate in the teaching by sharing in some systematic way the insights they have discovered to be meaningful; revealing my own struggles, uncertainties, and weaknesses; and asking the students to evaluate anonymously the course, including my teaching.

Twice therein occurs the statement, «Any certain extent of academic education shall never be a requirement for credentials...» (22) While there is always more to learn for any student of Scripture, however brilliant or trained, I am not at all prepared to say that such simple pietistic use of Scripture is defective; it is not so much wrong as limited.

Along with her pet lizard «Liz,» the excellently dressed Miss Frizzle was her classroom's intrepid leader, who used moxie and a bit of magic to guide her third - grade students in learning science.

This was a disheartening reality for somebody used to easy success, learning the game at 14 as a kind of exchange student in Warsaw, Ind., and becoming a vital part of such storied programs as North Carolina, the Boston Celtics and the Lakers.

Students attend a variety of classes including English, Math, Art, Science, Biology, and Critical Thinking using the E.nopi learning method which is one of the most popular learning curriculums worldwide!

Students at Elm City (86 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced - price lunch) now control their schedule and follow their own personal interests in their learning much more than they used to, and they have more autonomy in the subjects they study, including daily «enrichment» courses in robotics, dance, and tae kwon do.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

Students participated in 25 farm to school standards based lessons, including using math skills to measure garden spaces and mark off rows, learning about how weather affects plants, and exploring different types of soil.

Learn how to gather, analyze, and compile breakfast data into a report that can be used to draw attention to areas of your state that could reach more low - income students with the School Breakfast Program.

Waldorf schools aim to help students learn to find meaning in life and to understand literature, music, theater, and dance from experience, not just observation and study, while fostering a lifelong love of learning and use of the child's imagination.

Regardless of the grading system that your child's school uses to report on student learning, there are some universal truths about modern student report cards that every parent needs to know.

Waldorf schools around the world have integrated the arts into every subject, using movement, music, storytelling, and rhythm to bring the material to life and help students develop a lifelong sense of wonder and joy of learning.

But you have to use the tools to know how they work, and at the Waldorf School of Garden City that is our methodology — creative teachers and students who learn by doing.

from another...» She used to be here in Michigan, more than one infant death here related to illegal use of vaccum at a home birth — her CPM credential was revoked (and later, one of her students, having learned similar practices at her «knee» also lost her credential) so I'm not surprised, but still shocked — I had understood that she was «retired» from Midwifery after she moved to Utah; I'm very saddened by this.»

Create a parent volunteer program to help younger students learn how to use a salad bar in the first few weeks of its launch (etiquette and hygiene, taking only what they'll eat, etc..)

Educators are hoping to use the time for more one - on - one connection with students and exploration of interests like music and art, along with other basic learning.

(1) Teach in a dynamic, well - organized style that makes use of proven pedagogical approaches to promote student engagement in the learning process via less lecture time, fewer repetitive worksheets and more time spent working in small groups solving problems, engaging in discussions, and collaborating on longer - term creative projects.

And, when research uses standardized tests to measure homework's impact, she continued, it is difficult to gauge how much of the overall improvement or decline in test scores is due to student learning in the classroom context as opposed to student learning from homework.

Multisensory techniques enable students to use their personal areas of strength to help them learn.

Each example provides potential actions health professionals can use to support optimal student health and learning outcomes in the school setting, using the four pillars of CSH as a guide.

Through this state - of - the - art technology learning initiative, scientists, educators, and students will be able to interpret changes in the Tidmarsh landscape as it is documented using video cameras and hundreds of electronic sensors embedded in the habitats of the site.

The school district also used some of its cash to buy pigs, beef and ducks at state fairs, paying its distance - learning students who raise animals in 4H programs.

During this program students will learn the difference between minerals and rocks, discover the common items used around the home that are made from minerals, and work at stations to explore the physical properties of minerals!

Using only 100 % recyclable materials, students from preschool to high school created the wreaths after learning how recycling or using reusable products can help protect our planet's oceans, lakes and rivers from the harms of plastic polluUsing only 100 % recyclable materials, students from preschool to high school created the wreaths after learning how recycling or using reusable products can help protect our planet's oceans, lakes and rivers from the harms of plastic polluusing reusable products can help protect our planet's oceans, lakes and rivers from the harms of plastic pollution.

Using a simple, color - coded system, Monica and her project partners have helped students learn the information they need to identify foods and assess the proper number of servings, as well as learn about portion sizes for foods.

Plus: effectively using main lessons; fostering speaking and listening skills in children; understanding the scope of the language arts curriculum; writing and understanding the value of pedagogical stories and birthday verses as healing for children; exploring methods of assessing student learning

He is the recipient of the 2014 OxTALENT award for enhancing students» learning experience using social media apps awarded by the Oxford Committee on Teaching and Learning Enhanced with Teclearning experience using social media apps awarded by the Oxford Committee on Teaching and Learning Enhanced with TecLearning Enhanced with Technology.

Clear majorities of the beneficiaries of submerged social policies — including tax deferred savings, lifetime learning tax credits, student loans, and child care tax credits — claimed that they had never used one.

«And then when you speak out to protect students from these invalid and oppressive tests that are impeding teaching and learning, the unions are accused of using kids,» he said.

The new libraries have already been opened for use in the respective schools with facilities such as new furniture, books, computer systems and internet facilities to improve the learning experience of the students, as well as solar powered inverters for consistent power.

Dr. Vanden Wyngaard and district staff will provide an overview of state exams and how the Common Core Learning Standards are changing instruction for students at all grade levels, as well as information about how the tests are used in the new statewide evaluation systems for teachers and principals.

«It was clear from the beginning — when I first learned about homeless students being shuffled in and out of our local schools without the proper services they needed and about the homeless families that were essentially stranded in these suburban communities — that it was not appropriate to use these hotels as temporary shelters,» Matteo said.

During the question - and - answer period, the state lawmakers» main question for Mulgrew was: If the state doesn't use state ELA and math scores to evaluate teachers, what would teachers consider authentic measures of student learning?

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.