Sentences with phrase «way than the classroom»

The library is the only place in the school that truly helps build readers in a very different way than the classroom teacher.

The library is the only place in the school that truly helps build readers in a very different way than the classroom teacher.

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This wealth of educational material is an incredible resource, but it's also quite a different way to learn than the traditional classroom instruction many of us grew up with.

The same three factors that cause measles to spread through a grade school classroom, writes Gladwell, can be used to explain the Hush Puppies phenomenon: (1) contagiousness, (2) the fact that little causes can have big effects, and (3) the way change often occurs at one dramatic moment rather than gradually.

The trio poured more than $ 1 million in startup costs into the 10 1/2 - acre complex that boasts a dormitory, cafeteria (with a nutritionist), classroom (with a computer lab on the way), MLB - sized ballfield, pitching mounds, batting cages and flowers.

Whether you want to get kids moving in the classroom or find ways to create healthier school parties and fundraisers, look no further than our Hot Topics.

My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see at school cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.

North Carolina dropped spots in spite of serving slightly more students than in SY 2014 - 15, but a breakfast - in - the - classroom program is a great way to increase participation — and move up that Scorecard!

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This effort, one of many in her anti-obesity campaign, presents nutrition in much more straightforward way than the food pyramid I remember in every classroom when I was a kid.

Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.

My son's classroom hatched eggs last year, and I'll admit that I watched the webcam way more than I should have.

By its end, the movie has transcended the boundaries of the classroom to become an educational experience in more ways than one.

But it takes itself way too seriously, has a rather dull, stiff upper lip attitude toward Hawking's trials and tribulations, and sometimes comes off as more of a classroom lecture than a fully rounded dramatic work.

Whether it's about people who are different than your students (window books), an affirmation of their identity (mirror books), or one that exposes bias or shares stories of people who stood up to injustice, reading books is a core part of the elementary classroom curriculum and therefore a seamless way to address the topic.

Although digital tools have changed the way we think about creating in the classroom, collaboration means more than accessing the same document from different devices.

They saw them as having very low social skills (lower than anybody else) they saw them as the most disruptive to the classroom, in need of attention from the teacher almost constantly which then interrupted her ability to teach and to work with the other children, and they were regarded as a huge problem that had to be managed in some way.

Rather than going through a list of rules, this is a way for me to communicate that the way our classroom functions must support all of us.

Many teachers are excited about the ability to create a group on Facebook as a private way of interacting with their students in ways that a) not only meet the students where they already are and integrate their lives into the classroom more holistically, but also b) shows that school can be a lot cooler than the students thought by being on Facebook in the first place.

Fortunately, since eLearning instructors are not physically constrained in supervising a single classroom at a time, they can handle way more learners than an old school (pun intended) teacher ever could — which means you don't have to hire as many.

To find open space in classrooms, children ride buses across the city, sometimes for more than an hour each way.

The aim was to write a brief, helpful guide and pack of resources that would provide a way into practise and language work in the classroom, rather than a dry, analytical manual.

«My classroom is no bigger than anyone else's room, it's just the way it's set up.

Online learning is quickly becoming more popular than traditional classroom settings, yet it is still a relatively new way of educating students.

«Flip» the classroom Students are better than ever at teaching themselves and the modern classroom has to adapt to this way of learning.

Rather than replacing teachers, the authors see digital learning as transforming teaching — both by offering tools for traditional classroom teachers and by enabling entirely new ways of teaching.

What better way to spark a spirited classroom debate on ethics than by exploring the complex messages often found in fairy tales?

«There's no way to measure performance other than in math or reading, other than by observing teachers in the classroom, but that's extremely expensive, so no one is talking about that,» says Rothstein.

Teenagers are more conscious of what their peers will think than a small child might be, and won't necessarily respond in the same way to techniques designed to help them cope in the classroom.

I do have to attend to some of the traditional duties of a principal, but I'm constantly in classrooms and working with children in different ways, taking a much stronger instructional role than most traditional administrators.

Today's mobile phones provide much more than phone calls, with even the most basic models containing a bundle of fancy extras — but before I got carried away and started exploring all of the potential ways in which these features could be used in a classroom, I decided to survey my students.

«In many classrooms the democratic process is considered simply a set of procedures rather than an on - going way of working together.»

So, an art initiative and a science initiative between the Elementary School, the Middle School and the High School where there are kids P / K -12 working together and learning together in probably more of an authentic way than happens sometimes traditionally in the classroom.

Actually, teachers are more necessary than ever and, with AI, they will be able to deliver engaging, interactive lessons adapted to their classroom in a way they couldn't do before.

However, the advisory paper warns that grassroots, teacher - led change must be a catalyst for improving the way tech is used in the classroom, with government supporting this and offering a framework rather than dictating how schools should use technology.

Using Fairy Tales to Debate Ethics What better way to spark a spirited classroom debate on ethics than by exploring the complex messages often found in fairy tales?

Despite this mounting evidence, creative subjects are suffering increasing cuts in education, making it more important than ever for schools to look for new and innovative ways to revolutionise classroom learning with technology.

But in trying to clear the brush and make way for his favored idea — learning through online internet courses rather than in a traditional classroom — Peterson frequently overstates the case against previous reforms.

Rather than using the age - old classroom techniques, here are some newer ways to address this issue that I have found make a real difference.

Although in the best flipped - classroom implementations, each student can move at her own pace and view lessons at home that meet her individual needs rather than those of the entire class, most flipped classrooms do not operate this way.

Adopting a new literacies framework helps teachers recognize technology as more than just a way to get students» attention but as an actual part of the work that students do in the classroom (Bailey, 2009).

Given that full - time release teacher leaders have the opportunity to work with teachers over time, it is important that their activities with teachers have a sequence or some way to gauge progress, rather than only providing multiple instances of the same strategy (e.g., repeated demonstration lessons in the same teacher's classroom.

«When the classroom culture focuses on rewards, gold stars, grades or class ranking, then (students) look for ways to obtain the best marks rather than to improve their learning.

The consensus is that teacher quality entails much more than just the way teachers deliver lessons in the classroom.

When we do, classroom management becomes a conversation about strategies to support learners, rather than a way to make them «follow the rules» in a one - size - fits - all model.

Literacy centers are a great way to reinforce students» reading / writing habits, which allows teachers to focus on instruction rather than classroom management.

One way teachers can re-engage telltale students is by setting up classroom routines that help such students regularly seek feedback about their own learning progress — from a source other than the classroom teacher.

BTs expressed the need for more than a cursory exposure to the stages of childhood development and the ways various stages impact learning in the classroom and classroom behavior — especially adolescent stages of development.

Consider limiting the number of rules in your classroom and stating them in such a way as to guide rather than prescribe student behavior.

School schedule, lack of knowledge about ways to integrate educational computer games into the classroom, school culture, lack of personal technology skills, and parents were each identified as perceived major barriers by fewer than 20 % of participants.