Sentences with phrase «with high achievement levels»

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Her drive for achievement and high level aspiration are thus a type of «busy work» — a method of filling up her life with a lot of things about which she, can feel or express concern even though she realizes they are rather unimportant.

I watch football to be entertained with open play goals and high level football skills, not to cheer for other people (the players)'s achievements.

I don't want to cheer for someone else's achievement, but I want to be entertained with open play goals and high level football skills.

Am never one to excuse our continuous failings and Wenger's general ineptitude but all this talk of Afobe been another one we missed out on is a bit preposterous and very very premature... yes he's scored a few goals for Bournemouth but can we all take a step bck and recognise that playing for a team who will be happy just to avoid relegation is very different from playing for a club which demands trophies and high achievements every season (yea, I know we have been found wanting on these fronts for a long time)... some players are better in small clubs with limited expectations and very neat to no pressure... that is why history is littered with stories of good players who went to big clubs and flopped only to go down a few levels and find their form again....

In the infant - toddler years, these take the form of sensitive - responsiveness, which is known to foster attachment security, 1 and mutually - positive parent - child relations, which themselves promote child cooperation, compliance and conscience development.2 In the preschool through adolescent years, authoritative (vs. neglectful) parenting that mixes high levels of warmth and acceptance with firm control and clear and consistent limit - setting fosters prosocial orientation, achievement striving, and positive peer relations.3, 4,5 Across childhood and adolescence, then, parenting that treats the child as an individual, respecting developmentally - appropriate needs for autonomy, and which is not psychologically intrusive / manipulative or harshly coercive contributes to the development of the kinds of psychological and behavioural «outcomes» valued in the western world.

«Children who are born with high abilities but who come from poor backgrounds are overtaken in recorded levels of achievement at primary school by children of weaker ability from wealthier socioeconomic backgrounds.

They say that if our job allows us to work towards one of those four higher - order goals — status, autonomy, achievement, and communion, or being with other people — then we find a level of psychological fulfillment that intrinsically motivates us to perform our jobs well.

A new report from the Royal Society on improving U.K. science and mathematics education contains a lengthy wish list: Upper - level students should take a lot more science and math; more college graduates with science degrees should go into teaching; current teachers should continually upgrade their skills and have a larger voice in the educational process; and the government should de-emphasize the high - stakes tests used to measure student achievement.

«Where a child grows up in impoverished conditions... with limited cognitive stimulation, high levels of stress, and so forth, that person is more likely to grow up with compromised physical and mental health and lowered academic achievement,» said Martha Farah, director of the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania.

The study found that higher achievement goals were linked to higher levels of worry, with the highest levels of worry observed in child athletes whose parents wanted him or her to outperform others in the upcoming competition, or to not lose to others (performance - approach and performance - avoidance).

The rapid growth Lenovo has recently experienced in emerging markets has prompted the company to partner with TWAS to launch a high - level prize to give international recognition and visibility to individual scientists in the developing world for their outstanding scientific achievements.

The proposal to nominate Robert - Jan Smits for our inaugural recognition of an individual's Lifetime Achievements for Science and Society is an expression of the high - esteem and reputation he has earned through thick and thin, navigating through often challenging circumstances with a level of professionalism and grace that is second to none».

His technical contributions and achievements have been recognized with several prestigious awards: he has received Technical Achievement Awards from all three major international organizations in the field (IEEE, IEE, and EURASIP), the Society Award of the IEEE Signal Processing society (which is the highest level award bestowed by the said society), and several important best paper awards including the Baker Prize which is presented to the author (s) of the most outstanding paper that appeared in all IEEE publications.

With filmmakers such as Coogler and Johnson — alongside Jenkins, Waititi and other creators of handcrafted blockbusters — blazing a trail, hopefully more filmmakers will find a way to satisfy the needs of the system while also building vehicles for personal expression and achievement of craft at the highest levels.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Along with University of Munich professor Ludger Woessmann, I have estimated the impact on U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of higher levels of student achievement.

Washington — Although the federal Chapter 1 program bypasses some schools with high poverty rates and some students with low achievement levels, it generally reaches the disadvantaged children it was meant to benefit, a new Education Department study concludes.

According to the American Psychological Association, students with a more positive and connected relationship with their teachers will attain higher levels of achievement than those students with more conflict in their relationships.

Despite the united front of opposition, with studies like Carol Klein's 2006 Virtual Charter Schools and Home Schooling finding high levels of parent satisfaction and student achievement at virtual schools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stop them.

But she acknowledges reaching the president's college - graduation goals will take considerable efforts, with low - income students among those targeted for increased achievement on the higher - education level.

The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.

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.

For example, a quasi-experimental study by the Educational Testing Service found that teachers with a high level of engagement in a large - scale mentoring program (California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers) improved both teaching practices and student achievement, producing an effect size equivalent to half a year's growth (Thompson, Goe, Paek, and Ponte, 2004).

The PIRLS 2016 results and questionnaire also revealed that higher levels of enjoyment of reading are associated with higher levels of achievement, so long as students have books in the home.

Nor did students with low initial levels of achievement and applicants from SINI schools experience significantly different reading gains from the program than high achievers and non-SINI applicants.

Parents assign higher grades to schools with higher levels of student achievement, not schools in which students demonstrate greater gains.

The resource ensures pace and challenge for learners of different ability levels in order to promote the highest possible achievement for all (for example, the «Reading to Write and Learn» approach used in this lesson is inclusive of all learners and prepares them to read the text with understanding).

Such pay innovations should also boost student achievement and, because they are based on performance, strengthen the argument for dramatically raising teacher salaries — at least for those with the highest levels of professional expertise.

«In every class in this building, you have kids of all levels of prior academic achievement,» says Principal Dan St. Louis, including kids who are «high flyers,» kids with Individualized Education Programs who are receiving special education support, students with disabilities, and English - language learners.

In particular, we use existing research about how much a high level of achievement boosts the earnings of an individual worker, combined with our new measures of the average achievement levels of workers in each state, to gauge the contribution of differences in achievement to differences in income levels across states.

The gains are large when compared to other possible policy interventions, such as the effects of attending a school with higher average achievement levels or enrolling in a charter school.

Again, this has been linked to higher student achievement with the Trust reporting that «students who write outside school daily are five times more likely to have levels of writing above those expected for their age, compared with those who never write outside the classroom (30.9 per cent versus 5.8 per cent)».

He finds that replacing the least effective 5 to 8 percent of all teachers with average teachers would bring the U.S. to a level of student achievement equivalent to that of Canada, and replacing the least effective 7 to 12 percent of teachers with those of average effectiveness would «move the United States to the level of the highest - performing countries in the world, such as Finland.»

Despite their higher levels of achievement in 10th grade compared with 8th grade, many students may be academically ill - prepared for the transition to high school, data from a massive federal survey suggest.

Besides high expectations for student achievement, Lambe said small classes, providing all schools with the same amount of resources, and solid community support also contribute to a high level of student learning.

In addition to the country - level factors of per capita GDP and education spending per student, we include in our analysis information on the presence or absence of external exit exams (which research suggests are associated with higher achievement) and information on whether the country had a Communist government in 1970 (which may have affected both the size of the private sector and achievement).

A student with a growth mindset who chooses to listen to his or her Inner Friend is much more resilient and can reach ever - higher levels of achievement.

Uncertified teachers, teaching fellows, and TFA corps members all tend to teach in schools that, relative to those employing more certified teachers, have a higher percentage of minority students; more low - income, ESL, and special - education students; and students with lower achievement levels.

Through brief conferences, goals can be mutually agreed upon, such as number of pages read a week (with comprehension accountability), progression to the next level of the multiplication tables, or achievement of a higher level on a rubric for writing an essay.

«Equipped with the insights of both HGSE staff and colleagues from throughout the nation and across the globe, we are implementing reforms which are closing achievement gaps, prompting greater diversity in advanced course enrollment, engaging students at higher levels, and are thus becoming more equitable institutions of learning.»

Rigorous studies consistently show that the impact of a more - effective teacher is substantial A high - performing teacher, one at the 84th percentile of all teachers, when compared with just an average teacher, produces students whose level of achievement is at least 0.2 standard deviations higher by the end of the school year.

The results are consistent with other studies that show a substantial return (up to 50 percent of a standard deviation on standardized achievement tests) to achievement from observed classroom quality, with greater effects often accruing to children with higher levels of risk and disadvantage.

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.

With the support of the UK Space Agency, 15,000 free Mars Diary books will be made available to primary schools across the UK with priority given to those in areas of high levels of deprivation and education under - achievemWith the support of the UK Space Agency, 15,000 free Mars Diary books will be made available to primary schools across the UK with priority given to those in areas of high levels of deprivation and education under - achievemwith priority given to those in areas of high levels of deprivation and education under - achievement.

But Latinos also have the lowest student achievement levels, with less access to early childhood programs, lower reading and math scores, a higher chance of dropping out of high school and worse odds of attending college than any other group.

Of course, as with so many other arenas, America finds itself hard put to keep up with some other countries» success at significantly raising the levels of academic achievement on the part of the high school graduate.

Although, as the authors note, «most non-urban students do reasonably well in any case,» the causal effect of a year of non-urban charter attendance is a substantial reduction in achievement in all levels and subjects, on the order of 0.16 standard deviations in middle school with almost a quarter of a standard deviation decline in high school math.

In this study, 27 high - poverty elementary schools (75 — 100 % eligibility for free or reduced - price lunch) were matched by prior reading achievement and poverty level and randomly assigned to one of two implementation conditions: a core treatment condition that directly replicated implementation procedures used in previous experiments, or a core treatment with structured teacher adaptations condition.

For middle - and high - school levels, the research team found that achievement gains in charter schools and traditional public schools were about the same, with two exceptions.

This School of Education, along with many of our peers, remains committed to the understanding that high levels of academic accomplishment for all demographic groups is an essential, if not fundamental, factor in closing the achievement and opportunity gaps that plague our nation.