Sentences with phrase «work on student learning»

They focus their work on student learning.

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Without a central hub for academics to branch out on their work in Canada, deep learning's southbound pioneers served as pied pipers, bringing their students with them, creating a brain drain.

In 1998, Cheriton and Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim met a pair of grad students on Cheriton's front porch to learn more about the project they were working on.

Booth's full - time MBA program focuses on training students for real - world business scenarios through experiential learning and lab courses where students work with actual early - stage startups.

She was a college student in Cairo in the late»90s when she first learned of some of the pioneering work on emotion - sensing computing being done by MIT professor Rosalind Picard.

Students work on one competency at a time, often a smaller learning goal that feeds into the bigger scope of the subject.

Run by EduAce Services Pvt. Ltd, the startup works with schools and students on their co-scholastic learning needs.

By focusing on key learning goals, we are working to ensure that students have the necessary preparation to be successful in their future careers.

Is a cost - effective solution for short - term projects and business cycle peaks Boosts corporate presence on campus Develops a long - term sustainable recruitment strategy, as you can fill full - time roles with past Co-op students Students are pre-screened and go through a competitive application process Contributes to the development of the future work force Supports continuous students Students are pre-screened and go through a competitive application process Contributes to the development of the future work force Supports continuous Students are pre-screened and go through a competitive application process Contributes to the development of the future work force Supports continuous learning

Offer productive paid work to help students build on the skills learned in school Has an office environment with four or more co-workers There must be a supervisor to provide the student with guidance, opportunities to meet their learning objectives, and conduct a performance evaluation (form to be provided) A guaranteed minimum of a 35 hour work / week Work terms to coincide with school semesters which starts in January, May, and September for a minimum of 13 weeks employwork to help students build on the skills learned in school Has an office environment with four or more co-workers There must be a supervisor to provide the student with guidance, opportunities to meet their learning objectives, and conduct a performance evaluation (form to be provided) A guaranteed minimum of a 35 hour work / week Work terms to coincide with school semesters which starts in January, May, and September for a minimum of 13 weeks employwork / week Work terms to coincide with school semesters which starts in January, May, and September for a minimum of 13 weeks employWork terms to coincide with school semesters which starts in January, May, and September for a minimum of 13 weeks employment

Becoming a Golden Hawk means more than just cheering on our (really good) varsity teams — it means being a student who cares about your community, who works hard in the classroom, and who takes advantage of all the learning opportunities that can happen outside the classroom, too.

Behind such talk is the conviction that we know what we are doing in theology, Bible and history, and that the problem is to stage occasions on which the student learns to work with people «applying» the «input» part of his education to life.

At that time I took all my photos in my student kitchen in such yellow light and the food looked pretty inedible, so I started working on my photography skills and learnt a lot along the way.

Four - member student teams, all randomly assigned, from the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Packaging with Glass and Metal class participated in the competition, working on the project throughout the semester as they learned about glass packaging.

One student said: «Working on the MFM project has been really fun and interesting, we learnt a lot about food and the importance of a healthy diet.»

The school operates four on - campus restaurants, open to the public, where students work and learn.

Four - member student teams, all randomly assigned, from the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Packaging with Glass and Metal class participated in the competition, working on the project throughout the semester as they learned about designing and manufacturing glass bottles and jars.

Four - member student teams from the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 Packaging with Glass and Metal class participated in the competition, working on the project throughout the semester as they learn about glass packaging.

Abdul - Jabbar says he started thinking about coaching a few years ago when the Philadelphia 76ers brought him in to work with then rookie center Shawn Bradley, and he saw that his student, though eager to learn, «didn't know certain things that every pivot man should have tattooed on the back of his arm.»

But then, once a basic level of calm prevailed in the school, the coaches turned their attention to encouraging what they called cooperative learning, a pedagogical approach that promoted student engagement in the learning process: less lecture time; fewer repetitive worksheets; more time spent working in small groups, solving problems, engaging in discussions, and collaborating on longer - term creative projects.

One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would call academic perseverance and what others might call grit or resilience.

Middle and high school students, in particular, are learning how to look at the week ahead, predict which days will be packed and which may be free, and should be allowed to work on tasks in their own schedule.

And not to beat another dead horse here, but for those who want to learn how to work effectively with their school district's student nutrition director and school board to make changes in their own schools» food, there is plenty of free advice, based on real - world experience, at http://www.peachsf.org.

Here you will find: (1) excerpts from her original work on the topic (excellent for sparking class discussion)(2) some information you might put on slides or prepare for yourself, and (3) a fun role - playing activity to push students to apply what they have learned.

Challenge Success has since worked with almost 800,000 students, faculty, administrators and parents throughout the United States and across the world on efforts like changing bell schedules, reforming homework policies, shifting to alternative assessments and encouraging project - based learning with the goal of creating «healthier and more productive pathways to success.»

The authors of «Overloaded and Underprepared» advocate for some form of modified block or non-traditional bell schedule that allows students to start school later in the morning, have work - free breaks and more time for hands - on learning and collaboration.

I've been working on creating a BUNCH of differentiated activities to facilitate learning for all the needs of the students in my classroom.

We will ask them what works and what doesn't, learn their best practices for a successful breakfast - in - the - classroom program, and learn more about what students want on their school breakfast menus.

Working with these adults, students engage on civic issues and learn more about immigrants» lives while improving their own Spanish.

(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.

The second technique they use is really challenging academic work — rigorous, long - term projects that students take on, where they can't help but learn in a deeper way.

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Social Emotional Development: Students will work on learning to take turns as they demonstrate steps across the floor, regulate their bodies as they engage in dance steps with their grown - up or a peer partner in class.

Since 1996, students in grades 5 through 12 on the North Shore have been working with Mass Audubon scientists to learn about salt marshes and common reed (Phragmites australis), an invasive plant that grows in salt marshes.

Successful applications will have an inquiry focus on the promotion of mental well - being as it relates to students» learning, health and development and will connect their work to two overarching questions:

He was then able to work with the students at his chosen middle school for an entire school year — teaching and learning, and experiencing what school lunch struggles are like on the ground.

Since 1996, students in grades 5 through 12 on the North Shore have been working with Mass Audubon scientists to learn about salt marshes and common reed.

Working with input from educators, parent groups, and school administrators, the Governor will launch a weekly interactive webcast series called «Albany at Work» aimed at helping high school students learn about and keep updated on the workings of New York State government.

Working mainly with students from Binghamton University, interns learn about solar power and energy efficiency, and work in the community to educate others on how to make energy improvements easy.

Buffalo students may soon be able to attend school near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and learn skills that they could use working in the hospitality industry, if the developer proves it is making progress on the project.The Buffalo School Board on Wednesday signed off on a plan to designate Krog Corp. as developer for a second Emerson School of Hospitality in the for...

The scores of New York City students increased slightly in both math and English language arts on the latest state tests, released on Aug. 14, as students became more familiar with the Common Core Learning Standards and their teachers worked hard with what materials and training they eventually got.

After traveling to learn techniques at leading labs in the United Kingdom and France in the 1990s, Jedryczka and her students have been asked to pass their knowledge on to colleagues in Russia, Sweden, Portugal — and China, where Jedryczka has been awarded a «Friendship Award» for her work with rapeseed farmers in the rural Anhui region.

Cola has focused on public engagement on many fronts, working to inspire K - 12 students and their teachers to learn about the latest research in nano - and energy technologies.

With their hands - on imperative, they afford students and laypeople the opportunity to learn by working on their own projects.

She learned how to set up a lab, how to work out safety protocols and best practices, and how to lean on «generous grad students and professors» who could help her out when she needed something.

In this intense and demanding work environment, students learn to do pricing model design and verification, parameter estimation, and learn to analyze and manage risk in their state - of - the - art computational facilities, gaining hands on practical experience.

A group of mechanical engineering students are working on a project that will fly drones into the middle of tornadoes in an effort to learn more about the inner workings of these destructive storms.

With this work going on in the background, students are asked to review their research plans along with their advisers, using newly learned skills in industry project review.

My students indicated that they realized that graduate school was going to be «a lot of work» and that they would have to «learn a lot of material on their own.»

A multimodal learning system is also beginning to emerge: instructor - centered learning, which is the traditional approach, but with technology that helps the teacher mediate the delivery of courseware and instruction; pupil - centered learning, in which the student uses Internet resources to expand learning experiences; and collaborative learning, in which the student and others on the Internet work together on cross-disciplinary projects concerning open - ended problems.