Volume 2‚ Number 2‚ July 2006 SECONDARY STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS EFFECTING FAILURE IN SCIENCE IN PORTUGAL Jesuína M. B. Fonseca Joseph E. Conboy ABSTRACT. High rates of failure in secondary level science classes are a problem worldwide. Effective teaching and efficient management of schools requires information as to the causes of failure. One approach to acquiring this information is to improve our understanding of what the students themselves perceive as the causes and antecedents
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Research Proposal Teachers and Administrators Experience the Loss of Licensed Librarians in Schools This paper will layout the basis for a research proposal seeking to find the perceptions of teachers and administrators of the loss of licensed library teachers in Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). It will lay out the problem‚ place the study within a defined paradigm‚ and give a brief literature review of related research. Once a context for the study had been defined‚ the study itself will
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Assessing and Reporting Student Achievement Purposes of the Assessments * to assist in student learning * to identify students strengths and weakness’’ * to assess the effectiveness of the instructional strategy * to assess and improve the effectiveness of curriculum programs * to assess and improve teaching effectiveness * to provide data that assist in decision making about a student’s future * to provide data in order to communicate with/involve parents in their child’s
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professional teacher is a key resource person in the Multigrade context. The local content is a significant part of the curriculum‚ it is particularly important to resolve the issue of appointing well-trained and locally-oriented teachers. Introduction 1. An average primary school teacher is ill equipped to handle a multigrade classroom situation.2. The nature of the curriculum and textbooks‚ which are prepared almost entirely in a monograde context create further problems.3. Teacher training
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today. Pointing finger at the teachers. Infact it is not only the teacher’s product but there are many other factors like parents‚ curriculum‚ government plans and policies and student’s maturity and potential are responsible too. Though there are many ways we can improve teaching or “raise” the quality of education‚ the three most important ways or factors‚ I feel‚ are as follows. 1. Our educational system should be incorporating the current knowledge how students learn‚ up to
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religion‚ and values. Classrooms are rich sites for the discussion of controversial issues in large part because the students who populate them bring with them a diversity of perspectives‚ ideologies‚ and experiences (Hess & Gatti‚ 2010). Teaching using discussion-based methods are challenging and teachers have to be ready to manage debates in the classroom. There is a strong line of research that shows that within the classroom‚ talking with people who hold different political views can similarly work
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Methods Dissertation Proposal Prepared by Nataliya V. Ivankova NOTE: This proposal is included in the ancillary materials of Research Design with permission of the author. If you would like to learn more about this research project‚ you can examine the following publications that have resulted from this work: Ivankova‚ N.‚ & Stick‚ S. (2007‚ Feb). Students’ persistence in a Distributed Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership in Higher Education: A mixed methods study. Research in Higher Education
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Character Education Program on Elementary Student Achievement Abstract Educators at the elementary school level are aware of the importance put on the state mandated assessments. As student behavior continues to increase‚ student achievement is affective. Educators search for answers to problems that surround elementary students in the school setting. The incorporation of a character education program may help to improve student achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine
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Teacher-student Romantic Relationship I. Executive Summary: Morality in the work place is almost a none existing issue‚ this is because most of the employees in any organization do not know the true meaning of morality. Others think to do good is a moral thing‚ hence any deeds contrary to that are considered immoral. Allowing mentorship to turn into romance breaks the trust on which a healthy student-teacher relationship is founded. Most educational institutions have policies that ban such romances
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Alaa Mahmoud Essay 2: Technology Influence on Teachers and Students We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand because it is the pen and paper of our time‚ and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world. Technology has helped aid education through internet access of worldwide resources. It helped create active learners who are capable of mastering skills not only in their fields but also in different majors. Moreover‚ educational technology
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