Kickboard was developed in 2009 as a tool for teachers to make better decisions in the classroom based on reliable data on each student.
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The recruits will undergo a 20-week classroom-based programme of training, 10 weeks' weapons and riot training and 10 weeks' work experience before graduating next spring.
We need to come to grips with the fact that the traditional classroom-based university experience is becoming less feasible for a growing portion of the U.S. population.
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"Compare it to a purely classroom-based subject, like English or history, where you can achieve greater economies of scale by packing out a lecture room, " says Prof Smith, of Swansea University.
This practical and related-to-real-life type of learning is the result of the combination of traditional classroom-based learning with activities outside the school which do not only include conventional homework, but also several opportunities for learners to involve their community members in the learning process.
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Teachers are eligible for annual salary increases and bonuses based on the classroom observations and student achievement.
The game is based in a classroom where there are a number of activities going on that can be controlled by the student if he focuses on that area.
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The Manhattan Virtual Classroom is a web-based course management system that includes a variety of discussion groups, live chat, areas for the teacher to post the syllabus and other handouts and notices, a module for organizing online assignments, a grades module, a surveys module, and a unique, web-based email system open only to students in the class.
In an October 3 editorial in the Wall Street Journal, the former Vikings and Giants star, and successful serial entrepreneur, persuasively and succinctly argues for an NFL-style teacher retention and reward system based on in-classroom performance.
My grandmother, bored by inactivity within weeks of the move, created a job for herself at a commuter college in Sarasota, teaching Russian literature to tanned students who seem (based on my one classroom visit) constantly alarmed by her profanity, her heavy sarcasm, and her word-perfect memory of Pushkin's verse.
Uletschi founded FlightSafety International and introduced advanced-technology ground-based simulator training and comprehensive classroom instruction to business aviation.
Connecticut is set to revamp the way it evaluates public-school teachers with a vote Wednesday that is expected to create a rating system based on student performance, classroom observations and, to a smaller extent, anonymous student and parent surveys.
It also teaches in more flexible ways, stressing the Web-based modular training, over formal classroom classes.
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To this end, one Los Angeles-based education startup is seeking to create a mobile classroom.
Under state law, all of New York's roughly 700 school districts must develop a system for evaluating teachers based on a mix of standardized test scores, classroom observations and other measures.
This high level of support has been especially important to our faculty who want to incorporate technology-based activities, courseware and e-texts into the classroom.
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Real transformation would allow students to progress based on mastery rather than the amount of time they sat in a classroom.
Chris Pitt moderated a panel on results-based education with Eric Nadelstern of Columbia University, Maureen Devlin, a classroom teacher in Wayland Public Schools, and Steve Hargadon, director of the Web 2.0 Labs.
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In February, state officials reached an agreement with the union that allows up to 40% of a teacher's rating to be based on student test scores and 60% on other measures, such as classroom observations and, potentially, student and parent surveys.
As Jayson Boyers argues over at the Huffington Post, competency-based education omits the social and relationship-based aspects of a college education, which often yield as much career benefit as classroom knowledge to those just entering the workforce.
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By utilizing both mobile and cloud-based technology, the SMILE Consortium provides an open platform for creating new learning environments that enable Classroom 3.0.
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