At the Centres, youths can study e-learning modules including the Microsoft Digital Literary Curriculum , as well as take accredited courses in both business and entrepreneurial and technical skills.

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As the NMC report shows, 97% of students in a pilot study found the Challenge-Based Learning approach worthwhile, and 80% reported that their work made a difference in their communities.

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"Where schools must close, they are advised to consider what distance learning or self-study arrangements can be made for pupils in year 10-13, in order to minimise disruption to examination courses, " a Welsh government spokesman said.

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Today we can say something we could not say six years ago: with more affordable student loans, more Pell grants and work-study jobs, education IRAs, a lifetime learning tax credit for junior and senior year of college, and the new HOPE scholarship tax cut that more than 5 million Americans will receive this year, we have opened the doors of college to all.

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The IEA is probably best known for its Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an international large-scale assessment of learning outcomes (ILSA) for primary school learners in science and mathematics, as well as for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study).

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Does the school participate in any experiential learning programs for entrepreneurs, like internships or work-study?

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The study partly blamed this on the local council's imposition of learning-by-discovery.

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Furthermore, the programme provides learners with self-administered supplementary learning modules which they can use alone or in study groups during their spare time.

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The Barnardo's study said the most disadvantaged unemployed 16 and 17-year-olds were seeing their chances of learning new skills to help them find work "rapidly declining".

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By allowing students to focus their outside-of-class study time on the topics and concepts that are most challenging to them, adaptive learning has been shown to help students study more efficiently, develop greater proficiency and earn better grades.

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