Sentences with phrase «with academic engagement»

Rather than relying on adult - led interventions, our school created peer review teams to assist with academic engagement.

«When kids are engaged more often with academic engagement that works, they are less likely to misbehave.»

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Guiding Principles Religious and theological studies depend on and reinforce each other; A principled approach to religious values and faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A well - educated student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more than a single religious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of all kinds.

The State Department should begin by supporting three initiatives: the development of an academic sub-discipline of international religious freedom studies, the engagement of big business, and the building of partnerships with other, like - minded governments.

But to see this would require engagement with churches and Christians outside the mainstream of Christian academic interest.

«When educators neither prioritize these skills and mindsets nor integrate them with academic development, students are left without tools for engagement or a language for learning,» Stafford - Brizard writes.

Since 2003, Challenge Success has partnered with over 150 middle and high schools to implement policies and practices that increase academic engagement and well - being for their students.

Work with our team to implement policies and practices that improve student well - being and promote academic engagement.

Courses such as painting, drama, chorus, and movement support the academic lessons while practical arts — weaving, woodwork, and metal work — foster self reliance and a genuine engagement with the world.

A well - established body of research confirms that a father's active participation and emotional engagement with his children leads to improved social, emotional, academic and behavioral outcomes.

A key aspect of that strategy must be a broad - based engagement with China's top leadership, academics and strategists, as well as its next generation of military leaders.

Intellectual engagement with the subject of climate change is increasingly apparent — the government officials, academics and business people I meet are much more open about their expanding investment in low - carbon infrastructure than ever before.

Workshops and longer - format trainings to strengthen the effective engagement of academic researchers and scientists with the public policy process.

The program is also producing an array of online resources for public engagement, including video archives of academic symposia, additional examples of science engagement projects with commentary, and a web - only version of the workshop.

No significant link was found between the classroom environment in the fall and students» academic engagement in the spring; however, in classrooms with more positive environments, youth with social and behavioral problems were more academically engaged.

«Given the links between behavioral engagement in early schooling and positive academic development, our findings are promising for helping children with high maintenance temperaments succeed academically,» said McClowry.

She and her colleague, Greg Siegle, Ph.D., the director for the cognitive neuroscience program at University of Pittsburgh, have come up with an academic description for it: «voluntary engagement with negative high - arousal stimuli.»

Thus far, I have observed and begun to appreciate the unique set of opportunities available to academic scientists: engagement with top - calibre colleagues, students and mentors, involvement with a built - in community of equally passionate researchers, opportunity to converse and collaborate across disciplines and institutions, and utilisation of cutting - edge instrumentation and laboratories.

During the cohort's two - year term, the WEF offers support through its academic and expert networks as well as engagement opportunities with its projects and initiatives.

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC), for example, provides students from around the world with hands - on work experience in the nation's capital combined with an academic curriculum, civic engagement work and leadership deveAcademic Seminars (TWC), for example, provides students from around the world with hands - on work experience in the nation's capital combined with an academic curriculum, civic engagement work and leadership deveacademic curriculum, civic engagement work and leadership development.

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.

There are more than 200 peer - reviewed journal articles which have been published, examining the Character Strengths from diverse angles, such as the strengths most strongly correlated with student engagement, academic achievement, life satisfaction and physical activity.

Indeed, my results confirm that a teacher's gender does have large effects on student test performance, teacher perceptions of students, and students» engagement with academic material.

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).

Most importantly, research shows that video games sharpen visual discrimination skills, spatial thinking, and the ability to visualize and interact with 3D objects — good predictors of not only academic achievement but future engagement and success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — the STEM fields.

When external audiences take training, their engagement with the material is entirely voluntary, whereas internal audiences are required to complete training for the purposes of HR compliance or receiving academic credit.

So, how do we change the affective condition and the mental mantra of, «I hate maths,» to one where there is a genuine academic and social engagement, with the supporting positive mantra of «I love maths» being voluntarily and enthusiastically announced by students?

«With the right approach, technology integration leads to better engagement with parents along with better academic outcomes,» says Agustin UrgiWith the right approach, technology integration leads to better engagement with parents along with better academic outcomes,» says Agustin Urgiwith parents along with better academic outcomes,» says Agustin Urgiwith better academic outcomes,» says Agustin Urgiles.

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.

«Siury exemplifies well the social commitment of students in the International Education Policy Program who understand that leadership that makes a difference combines academic excellence with civic engagement.»

«The Harvard Institute for Superintendents and District Leaders identifies the most pressing issues facing educational leaders today and provides a platform for engagement of academic discussion with colleagues from around the world.»

E-schools would be able to admit students best situated to take advantage of the unique elements of virtual schooling: flexible hours and pacing, a safe and familiar location for learning, a chance for individuals with social or behavioral problems to focus on academics, greater engagement from students who are able to choose electives based on their own interests, and the chance to develop high - level virtual communication skills.

Perhaps two of the most significant findings from the list above are that students are developing higher levels of academic engagement, collaboration, motivation, and self efficacy and that deeper learning is working with students regardless of their income levels or prior school achievement.

The negative impact of job market pessimism on engagement was more acute for students with stronger family and school supports — the same students whom we often assume are less at risk for losing academic motivation.

Leveraging a grant and supportive partnership with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)-- a nonprofit organization that supports SEL programs in nine other districts in the nation — Washoe has worked to improve school climate and culture, parent engagement, and student voice in all 98 schools in the district.

Recent and ongoing projects include a researcher - practitioner partnership focused on familial and school - based relationships that support adolescents» emerging sense of purpose, academic engagement, achievement and post-secondary school transitions; Project Alliance / Projecto Alianzo, a multiethnic study of parental involvement in education during adolescence; and collaboration with a local school district focused on school choice policies to examine equity and access to high quality schools, along with demographic variations in parental priorities and experiences with these policies.

Hill was a recipient of the William T. Grant Foundation's Distinguished Faculty Fellowship to support her engagement with the Massachusetts» Executive Office on Education on «Improving adolescents» academic achievement holistically: Inter-agency collaborations at the state and local levels.»

Laptop programs increase students» engagement with academic work and school, improve technology skills, and have positive effects on students» writing.

MindUP ™ was created with educators, for educators, to help them improve student engagement in learning, academics and focus, and to give them some tools and strategies to bring joy back into the classroom.

candidates Brian Barnes and Dorian Burton were named finalists by Echoing Green for the Black Male Achievement Fellowship for their work in public service and civic engagement through TandemED, a nonprofit that helps equip communities to self - design educational content that will instill young black men with purpose and increase their academic achievement.

Finding a way to increase engagement with online content could dramatically increase information retention — and likely provide a huge benefit to the bottom line for businesses and academic institutions alike.

Students who share racial and / or gender characteristics with their teachers tend to report higher levels of personal effort, feeling cared for, student - teacher communication, academic engagement, and college aspirations.

Authentic family engagement — where families work directly with teachers and establish mutual accountability for student growth and outcomes — can dramatically improve the academic, social and emotional growth of students.

Brooks is credited with strategically aligning Boston's parent - engagement efforts with the district's academic goals, which moved the work of her office from a peripheral activity to one that is central to the needs of the district's 57,000 students and their families.

The policies that were criticized were those that increased attention to academic outcomes at the expense of children's exploration, discovery, and play; methods that focused on large group activities and completion of one - dimensional worksheets and workbooks in place of actual engagement with concrete objects and naturally occurring experiences of the world; and directives that emphasized the use of group - administered, computer - scored, multiple - choice achievement tests in order to determine a child's starting place in school rather than assessments that rely on active child engagement, teacher judgment, and clinical opinion.

We layer our foundation of student success with student involvement and active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit acceleration and recovery, guided graduation planning, and career exploration.

Student engagement is critical to academic success; researchers have found that student engagement is one of the strongest predictors of student outcomes and is highly correlated with academic achievement.

Parental engagement in school: Parental involvement in children's schooling has been shown to relate positively with academic progress.

The researchers then measured these scores alongside assessments of the teachers» positive engagement with their students, and against end - of - year tests measuring students» academic growth.

This groundbreaking program melds best practices in mathematics instruction with advances in developmental and social psychology and in research on struggling learners to shape students» engagement, confidence, and commitment to challenging academic programs.