Not exact matches
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 - achievem
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 - achievem
with 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.